diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 53827b57c0..dbfc295ac8 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+6.0.1-21 | 2023-10-26 08:51:59 -0700
+
+  * Bump auxil/spicy to latest 1.8 release (Benjamin Bannier, Corelight)
+
 6.0.1-18 | 2023-10-24 14:51:14 -0700
 
   * Update cmake submodule for caching fix [nomail] (Tim Wojtulewicz, Corelight)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d2f117efa8..dcb473bed4 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.0.1-18
+6.0.1-21
diff --git a/auxil/spicy b/auxil/spicy
index 4abb1d014e..883f8f7972 160000
--- a/auxil/spicy
+++ b/auxil/spicy
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4abb1d014e48669e19f6a7f9056fcb7484d8d44f
+Subproject commit 883f8f79726a5d29e831f9a1a3d12012add4722d