diff --git a/pypy3.9.spec b/pypy3.9.spec
index cb84b30..9c1b4b1 100644
--- a/pypy3.9.spec
+++ b/pypy3.9.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ Version:        %{basever}.%{micro}%{?pre:~%{pre}}
 # by Python version as well.
 # This potentially allows tags like Obsoletes: pypy3 < %%{version}-%%{release}.
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2053880
-Release:        1.%{pyversion}%{?dist}
+%global baserelease 1
+Release:        %{baserelease}.%{pyversion}%{?dist}
 Summary:        Python %{pyversion} implementation with a Just-In-Time compiler
 
 # PyPy is MIT