diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8fbb9eb..b58ea86 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /Mail-Sender-0.8.23.tar.gz
 /Mail-Sender-0.900003.tar.gz
+/Mail-Sender-0.901.tar.gz
diff --git a/perl-Mail-Sender.spec b/perl-Mail-Sender.spec
index 532b37f..70748de 100644
--- a/perl-Mail-Sender.spec
+++ b/perl-Mail-Sender.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Name:           perl-Mail-Sender
-Version:        0.900003
+Version:        0.901
+# I really wish CPAN maintainers would stop fscking around with versions.
+# we went from 0.900003 to 0.901
+Epoch:		1
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Module for sending mails with attachments through an SMTP server
 
@@ -73,6 +76,9 @@ make test
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jul  5 2016 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 1:0.901-1
+- update to 0.901 (bump epoch for upgrade path)
+
 * Wed Jun 15 2016 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 0.900003-1
 - update to 0.900003
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 0ced369..79b7f6e 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8b7fbc031a964b2e7efc4eaa6fe5ecef  Mail-Sender-0.900003.tar.gz
+e0ec8ff5d5e52c2dd0fa9682d1f7280f  Mail-Sender-0.901.tar.gz