diff --git a/podman.spec b/podman.spec
index cae7483..10da591 100644
--- a/podman.spec
+++ b/podman.spec
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Epoch: 0
 Version: 1.9.0
 # Rawhide almost always ships unreleased builds,
 # so release tag should be of the form 0.N.blahblah
-Release: 0.2.dev.git%{shortcommit0}%{?dist}
+Release: 2.1.dev.git%{shortcommit0}%{?dist}
 Summary: Manage Pods, Containers and Container Images
 License: ASL 2.0
 URL: https://%{name}.io/
@@ -660,6 +660,9 @@ exit 0
 %{_libexecdir}/cni/dnsname
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 13 2020 Lokesh Mandvekar <lsm5@fedoraproject.org> - 2:1.9.0-2.1.dev.git465b4bc
+- bump release tag to preserve clean upgrade path
+
 * Mon Apr 13 2020 RH Container Bot <rhcontainerbot@fedoraproject.org> - 2:1.9.0-0.2.dev.git465b4bc
 - autobuilt 465b4bc