diff --git a/podman.spec b/podman.spec
index 832848a..994b13b 100644
--- a/podman.spec
+++ b/podman.spec
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Epoch: 0
 Version: 1.8.1
 # Rawhide almost always ships unreleased builds,
 # so release tag should be of the form 0.N.blahblah
-Release: 0.3.dev.git%{shortcommit0}%{?dist}
+Release: 0.4.dev.git%{shortcommit0}%{?dist}
 Summary: Manage Pods, Containers and Container Images
 License: ASL 2.0
 URL: https://%{name}.io/
@@ -643,6 +643,9 @@ exit 0
 %{_libexecdir}/cni/dnsname
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 02 2020 Lokesh Mandvekar <lsm5@fedoraproject.org> - 2:1.8.1-0.4.dev.git275e9b8
+- bump release tag for smooth upgrade path
+
 * Mon Mar 02 2020 RH Container Bot <rhcontainerbot@fedoraproject.org> - 2:1.8.1-0.3.dev.git275e9b8
 - autobuilt 275e9b8