diff --git a/CheckVendor.java b/CheckVendor.java
index e2101cf..29b296b 100644
--- a/CheckVendor.java
+++ b/CheckVendor.java
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 public class CheckVendor {
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-	if (args.length < 3) {
-	    System.err.println("CheckVendor <VENDOR> <VENDOR-URL> <VENDOR-BUG-URL>");
+        if (args.length < 4) {
+            System.err.println("CheckVendor <VENDOR> <VENDOR-URL> <VENDOR-BUG-URL> <VENDOR-VERSION-STRING>");
 	    System.exit(1);
 	}
 
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ public class CheckVendor {
 	String expectedVendorURL = args[1];
 	String vendorBugURL = System.getProperty("java.vendor.url.bug");
 	String expectedVendorBugURL = args[2];
+        String vendorVersionString = System.getProperty("java.vendor.version");
+        String expectedVendorVersionString = args[3];
 
 	if (!expectedVendor.equals(vendor)) {
 	    System.err.printf("Invalid vendor %s, expected %s\n",
@@ -46,12 +48,18 @@ public class CheckVendor {
 	}
 
 	if (!expectedVendorBugURL.equals(vendorBugURL)) {
-	    System.err.printf("Invalid vendor bug URL%s, expected %s\n",
+            System.err.printf("Invalid vendor bug URL %s, expected %s\n",
 			      vendorBugURL, expectedVendorBugURL);
 	    System.exit(4);
 	}
 
-	System.err.printf("Vendor information verified as %s, %s, %s\n",
-			  vendor, vendorURL, vendorBugURL);
+        if (!expectedVendorVersionString.equals(vendorVersionString)) {
+            System.err.printf("Invalid vendor version string %s, expected %s\n",
+                              vendorVersionString, expectedVendorVersionString);
+	    System.exit(5);
+        }
+
+        System.err.printf("Vendor information verified as %s, %s, %s, %s\n",
+                          vendor, vendorURL, vendorBugURL, vendorVersionString);
     }
 }
diff --git a/java-latest-openjdk.spec b/java-latest-openjdk.spec
index 8e0bead..fd6b1bb 100644
--- a/java-latest-openjdk.spec
+++ b/java-latest-openjdk.spec
@@ -312,10 +312,6 @@
 %global interimver 0
 %global updatever 1
 %global patchver 1
-# If you bump featurever, you must also bump vendor_version_string
-# Used via new version scheme. JDK 17 was
-# GA'ed in March 2022 => 22.3
-%global vendor_version_string 22.3
 # buildjdkver is usually same as %%{featurever},
 # but in time of bootstrap of next jdk, it is featurever-1,
 # and this it is better to change it here, on single place
@@ -359,6 +355,7 @@
 %endif
 %endif
 %endif
+%global oj_vendor_version (Red_Hat-%{version}-%{release})
 
 # Define IcedTea version used for SystemTap tapsets and desktop file
 %global icedteaver      6.0.0pre00-c848b93a8598
@@ -371,7 +368,7 @@
 %global top_level_dir_name   %{origin}
 %global top_level_dir_name_backup %{top_level_dir_name}-backup
 %global buildver        2
-%global rpmrelease      2
+%global rpmrelease      3
 # Priority must be 8 digits in total; up to openjdk 1.8, we were using 18..... so when we moved to 11, we had to add another digit
 %if %is_system_jdk
 # Using 10 digits may overflow the int used for priority, so we combine the patch and build versions
@@ -1762,6 +1759,8 @@ The %{origin_nice} %{featurever} API documentation compressed in a single archiv
 
 %prep
 
+echo "Preparing %{oj_vendor_version}"
+
 # Using the echo macro breaks rpmdev-bumpspec, as it parses the first line of stdout :-(
 %if 0%{?stapinstall:1}
   echo "CPU: %{_target_cpu}, arch install directory: %{archinstall}, SystemTap install directory: %{stapinstall}"
@@ -1959,7 +1958,7 @@ function buildjdk() {
     --with-version-build=%{buildver} \
     --with-version-pre="${EA_DESIGNATOR}" \
     --with-version-opt=%{lts_designator} \
-    --with-vendor-version-string="%{vendor_version_string}" \
+    --with-vendor-version-string="%{oj_vendor_version}" \
     --with-vendor-name="%{oj_vendor}" \
     --with-vendor-url="%{oj_vendor_url}" \
     --with-vendor-bug-url="%{oj_vendor_bug_url}" \
@@ -2350,7 +2349,7 @@ if ! nm $JAVA_HOME/bin/%{alt_java_name} | grep set_speculation ; then true ; els
 
 # Check correct vendor values have been set
 $JAVA_HOME/bin/javac -d . %{SOURCE16}
-$JAVA_HOME/bin/java $(echo $(basename %{SOURCE16})|sed "s|\.java||") "%{oj_vendor}" "%{oj_vendor_url}" "%{oj_vendor_bug_url}"
+$JAVA_HOME/bin/java $(echo $(basename %{SOURCE16})|sed "s|\.java||") "%{oj_vendor}" "%{oj_vendor_url}" "%{oj_vendor_bug_url}" "%{oj_vendor_version}"
 
 %if %{include_staticlibs}
 # Check debug symbols in static libraries (smoke test)
@@ -2619,6 +2618,9 @@ cjc.mainProgram(args)
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jul 13 2022 Andrew Hughes <gnu.andrew@redhat.com> - 1:18.0.1.1.2-3.rolling
+- Make use of the vendor version string to store our version & release rather than an upstream release date
+
 * Tue Jul 12 2022 FeRD (Frank Dana) <ferdnyc@gmail.com> - 1:18.0.1.1.2-2.rolling
 - Add javaver- and origin-specific javadoc and javadoczip alternatives.