diff --git a/texlive.spec b/texlive.spec
index 949469d..c4de910 100644
--- a/texlive.spec
+++ b/texlive.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %global source_date 20150728_r37987
 %global tl_version 2015
-%global tl_rel 5
+%global tl_rel 6
 %global tl_release %{tl_rel}.%{source_date}%{?dist}
 %global tl_noarch_release %{tl_rel}%{?dist}
 %global source_name texlive-%{source_date}-source
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 Name: texlive
 Version: %{tl_version}
 Release: %{tl_release}
-Epoch: 4
+Epoch: 5
 Summary: TeX formatting system
 Group: Applications/Publishing
 License: Artistic 2.0 and GPLv2 and GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ and LPPL and MIT and Public Domain and UCD and Utopia
@@ -392903,6 +392903,9 @@ fi
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Sep 15 2015 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 5:2015-6.20150724
+- increment epoch to force upgrade (i hate versioning)
+
 * Wed Sep  9 2015 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 4:2015-5.20150724
 - fix incorrect Obsoletes: texlive-kpathsea-lib
 
diff --git a/texlive.spec.template b/texlive.spec.template
index 6a34f69..0fb8afb 100644
--- a/texlive.spec.template
+++ b/texlive.spec.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %global source_date 20150728_r37987
 %global tl_version 2015
-%global tl_rel 4
+%global tl_rel 6
 %global tl_release %{tl_rel}.%{source_date}%{?dist}
 %global tl_noarch_release %{tl_rel}%{?dist}
 %global source_name texlive-%{source_date}-source
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 Name: texlive
 Version: %{tl_version}
 Release: %{tl_release}
-Epoch: 4
+Epoch: 5
 Summary: TeX formatting system
 Group: Applications/Publishing
 License: Artistic 2.0 and GPLv2 and GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ and LPPL and MIT and Public Domain and UCD and Utopia