diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index cde7c6f..6575b4a 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 %global rpmver 4.17.0
 #global snapver rc1
-%global rel 4
+%global baserelease 5
 %global sover 9
 
 %global srcver %{rpmver}%{?snapver:-%{snapver}}
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 Summary: The RPM package management system
 Name: rpm
 Version: %{rpmver}
-Release: %{?snapver:0.%{snapver}.}%{rel}%{?dist}.1
+Release: %{?snapver:0.%{snapver}.}%{baserelease}%{?dist}
 Url: http://www.rpm.org/
 Source0: http://ftp.rpm.org/releases/%{srcdir}/rpm-%{srcver}.tar.bz2
 
@@ -580,8 +580,9 @@ fi
 %doc docs/librpm/html/*
 
 %changelog
-* Thu Jan 20 2022 Björn Esser <besser82@fedoraproject.org> - 4.17.0-4.1
+* Thu Jan 20 2022 Björn Esser <besser82@fedoraproject.org> - 4.17.0-5
 - Rebuild (ima-evm-utils)
+- Use baserelease for rpm release tag to make rpmdev-bumpspec work
 
 * Fri Jan 14 2022 Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com> - 4.17.0-4
 - Fix spurious %%transfiletriggerpostun execution (#2023311)