diff --git a/podman.spec b/podman.spec
index 139f70f..1071496 100644
--- a/podman.spec
+++ b/podman.spec
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
 %global commit_gvproxy fdc231ae7b8fe1aec4cf0b8777274fa21b70d789
 
 %global built_tag v4.3.0-rc1
-%global built_tag_strip 4.3.0-rc1
+%global built_tag_strip %(b=%{built_tag}; echo ${b:1})
 %global gen_version %(b=%{built_tag_strip}; echo ${b/-/"~"})
 
 Name: podman
 Epoch: 4
-Version: 4.3.0~rc1
+Version: %{gen_version}
 License: ASL 2.0 and BSD and ISC and MIT and MPLv2.0
 Release: %autorelease
 ExclusiveArch: %{golang_arches}