diff --git a/slirp4netns.spec b/slirp4netns.spec
index 7893b14..5a5790a 100644
--- a/slirp4netns.spec
+++ b/slirp4netns.spec
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 %global shortcommit0 %(c=%{commit0}; echo ${c:0:7})
 
 Name: slirp4netns
-Version: 0.3
-Release: 0.alpha.2.git%{shortcommit0}%{?dist}
+Version: 0.3.0
+Release: 1.alpha.2.git%{shortcommit0}%{?dist}
 # no go-md2man in ppc64
 ExcludeArch: ppc64
 Summary: slirp for network namespaces
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ make DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install install-man
 %{_mandir}/man1/%{name}.1.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 27 2019 Lokesh Mandvekar <lsm5@fedoraproject.org> - 0.3.0-1.alpha.2
+- make version tag consistent with upstream
+
 * Sun Feb 17 2019 Dan Walsh <dwalsh@fedoraproject.org> - v0.3.0-alpha.2
 - Latest release