diff --git a/macros.pypy3 b/macros.pypy3
index f138a39..d11474b 100644
--- a/macros.pypy3
+++ b/macros.pypy3
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 %__pypy3 /usr/bin/pypy3
 %pypy3_sitelib %(%{__pypy3} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib())")
 %pypy3_sitearch %(%{__pypy3} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib(1))")
-%pypy3_version %(%{__pypy3} -c "import sys; sys.stdout.write(sys.version[:3])")
+%pypy3_version %(%{__pypy3} -c "import sys; sys.stdout.write('{0.major}.{0.minor}'.format(sys.version_info))")
 %pypy3_pypy_version %(%{__pypy3} -c "import sys; sys.stdout.write('{}.{}'.format(sys.pypy_version_info.major, sys.pypy_version_info.minor))")