diff --git a/0001-update-the-other-two-_validate_version-functions-to-.patch b/0001-update-the-other-two-_validate_version-functions-to-.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87fd570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-update-the-other-two-_validate_version-functions-to-.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+From c01b76db26893f8257c17dcff838005625adc529 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us>
+Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 19:50:52 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH] update the other two _validate_version functions to allow for
+ Rawhide to be valid
+
+Fix up the tests
+
+Signed-off-by: Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us>
+---
+ productmd/common.py   |  3 ++-
+ productmd/treeinfo.py |  3 ++-
+ tests/test_header.py  | 10 +++++-----
+ 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/productmd/common.py b/productmd/common.py
+index 3447c05..b23d71f 100644
+--- a/productmd/common.py
++++ b/productmd/common.py
+@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ class Header(MetadataBase):
+ 
+     def _validate_version(self):
+         self._assert_type("version", six.string_types)
+-        self._assert_matches_re("version", [r"^\d+\.\d+$"])
++        if re.match('^\d', self.version):
++            self._assert_matches_re("version", [r"^\d+(\.\d+)*$"])
+ 
+     @property
+     def version_tuple(self):
+diff --git a/productmd/treeinfo.py b/productmd/treeinfo.py
+index a14305e..67f5ed9 100644
+--- a/productmd/treeinfo.py
++++ b/productmd/treeinfo.py
+@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ class BaseProduct(productmd.common.MetadataBase):
+ 
+     def _validate_version(self):
+         self._assert_type("version", list(six.string_types))
+-        self._assert_matches_re("version", [r"^\d+(\.\d+)*$"])
++        if re.match('^\d', self.version):
++            self._assert_matches_re("version", [r"^\d+(\.\d+)*$"])
+ 
+     def _validate_short(self):
+         self._assert_type("short", list(six.string_types))
+diff --git a/tests/test_header.py b/tests/test_header.py
+index 206307a..5c18dcf 100755
+--- a/tests/test_header.py
++++ b/tests/test_header.py
+@@ -40,19 +40,19 @@ class TestHeader(unittest.TestCase):
+         self.assertRaises(TypeError, hdr.validate)
+ 
+         # invalid version
+-        hdr.version = "first"
+-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, hdr.validate)
+-
+         hdr.version = "1.alpha2"
+         self.assertRaises(ValueError, hdr.validate)
+ 
++        # valid version
+         hdr.version = "1"
+-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, hdr.validate)
++        hdr.validate()
+ 
+-        # valid version
+         hdr.version = "1.22"
+         hdr.validate()
+ 
++        hdr.version = "first"
++        hdr.validate()
++
+     def test_deserialize(self):
+         hdr = Header(None)
+         data = {
+-- 
+2.5.0
+
diff --git a/python-productmd.spec b/python-productmd.spec
index 9cd82b0..04695d9 100644
--- a/python-productmd.spec
+++ b/python-productmd.spec
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@
 
 Name:           python-productmd
 Version:        1.0
-Release:        9%{?dist}
+Release:        12%{?dist}
 Summary:        Library providing parsers for metadata related to OS installation
 
 Group:          Development/Tools
 License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            https://github.com/release-engineering/productmd
-Source0:        productmd-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source0:        productmd-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch0:         0001-update-the-other-two-_validate_version-functions-to-.patch
 
 Obsoletes:     productmd <= %{version}-%{release}
 Provides:      productmd = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -54,6 +55,9 @@ and installation media.
 
 %prep
 %setup -qc -n productmd-%{version}
+pushd productmd-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1
+popd
 mv productmd-%{version} python2
 
 cp -a python2 python3
@@ -109,6 +113,15 @@ popd
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb 18 2016 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> - 1.0-12
+- add a patch to make rawhide as a version consistently an option
+
+* Thu Feb 18 2016 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> - 1.0-11
+- update from git to allow us to use rawhide as the version
+
+* Thu Feb 04 2016 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.0-10
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Mass_Rebuild
+
 * Tue Jan 26 2016 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> - 1.0-10
 - provide python2-productmd
 - remove defattr
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 92b88ea..afa2bdd 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-e46907ebeb70c2d96f4c2beca5f65850  productmd-1.0.tar.gz
+5e0c776551ebca6aeb89f233ca290a19  productmd-1.0.tar.bz2