diff --git a/spcd/bootstrap.sh b/spcd/bootstrap.sh
index 6fcce99..96f21a8 100644
--- a/spcd/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/spcd/bootstrap.sh
@@ -633,7 +633,9 @@ spcd_step__environment_defaults() {
     [ -n "${SPCD_URL_DEBIAN}" ] ||
         SPCD_URL_DEBIAN="https://deb.debian.org/debian"
     [ -n "${SPCD_URL_EPEL}" ] ||
-        SPCD_URL_EPEL="https://dl.fedoraproject.org"
+        # /$releasever/Everything/…
+        # /testing/$releasever/Everything/…
+        SPCD_URL_EPEL="https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel"
     [ -n "${SPCD_URL_FEDORA}" ] ||
         # /releases/$releasever/Everything/…
         # /updates/$releasever/Everything/…
@@ -1151,11 +1153,9 @@ spcd_step__install_packages() {
     case "${SPCD_OS_ID}" in
     "${SPCD_OS_ALMA}" | "${SPCD_OS_ROCKY}")
         spcd_install_package "epel-release"
-        [ -n "${SPCD_URL_EPEL}" ] && spcd_ip__epel="${SPCD_URL_EPEL}" ||
-            spcd_ip__epel="https://dl.fedoraproject.org"
         spcd_os_sed "/etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo" \
             "|^metalink|#metalink|" \
-            "|https://download.example|${spcd_ip__epel}|" \
+            "|https://download.example/pub/epel|${SPCD_URL_EPEL}|" \
             "|^#baseurl|baseurl|"
         ;;
     *) ;;