diff --git a/curl.spec b/curl.spec
index 7abd4d6..df9f6c0 100644
--- a/curl.spec
+++ b/curl.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: A utility for getting files from remote servers (FTP, HTTP, and others)
 Name: curl
 Version: 7.61.1
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Release: 5%{?dist}
 License: MIT
 Source: https://curl.haxx.se/download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ be installed.
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
 %patch3 -p1
+git init
 git apply %{PATCH4}
 %patch5 -p1
 %patch6 -p1
@@ -355,6 +356,9 @@ rm -f ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_libdir}/libcurl.la
 %{_libdir}/libcurl.so.4.[0-9].[0-9].minimal
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Nov 15 2018 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 7.61.1-5
+- make the patch for CVE-2018-16842 apply properly (CVE-2018-16842)
+
 * Thu Nov 01 2018 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 7.61.1-4
 - SASL password overflow via integer overflow (CVE-2018-16839)
 - fix use-after-free in handle close (CVE-2018-16840)