diff --git a/yaml-cpp.spec b/yaml-cpp.spec
index 9f782609f610a854230dea0a7dc0d6a6e79e3932..f05dd9d9a1728e12c0aa1ad5ea273a09e6964d9d 100644
--- a/yaml-cpp.spec
+++ b/yaml-cpp.spec
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ yaml-cpp is a YAML parser and emitter in C++ written around the YAML 1.2 spec.
 
 %package        devel
 Summary:        Development files for %{name}
-Requires:       %{name} = %{EVR}
+Requires:       %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       libstdc++-devel
 
 %description    devel
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ developing applications that use %{name}.
 
 %package        static
 Summary:        Static library for %{name}
-Requires:       %{name}-devel = %{EVR}
+Requires:       %{name}-devel = %{version}-%{release}
 
 %description    static
 The %{name}-static package contains the static library for %{name}.