diff --git a/contrib/ci/fedora.sh b/contrib/ci/fedora.sh
index de86fd450..222aeb201 100755
--- a/contrib/ci/fedora.sh
+++ b/contrib/ci/fedora.sh
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@ meson .. \
 ninja-build dist
 popd
 VERSION=`./contrib/get-version.py`
+RPMVERSION=${VERSION//-/.}
 mkdir -p $HOME/rpmbuild/SOURCES/
 mv build/meson-dist/fwupd-$VERSION.tar.xz $HOME/rpmbuild/SOURCES/
 
 #generate a spec file
-sed "s,#VERSION#,$VERSION,;
+sed "s,#VERSION#,$RPMVERSION,;
      s,#TARBALL_VERSION#,$VERSION,;
      s,#BUILD#,1,;
      s,#LONGDATE#,`date '+%a %b %d %Y'`,;