diff --git a/libreport.spec b/libreport.spec
index 5e25508c195bb0e650762723dbd85792044a8d0e..e081497d750ef4393bb85013ef15f6748d27b4bc 100644
--- a/libreport.spec
+++ b/libreport.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:    libreport
 Version: 2.17.15
-Release: 2
+Release: 3
 License: GPL-2.0-or-later
 Summary: Generic library for reporting various problems
 URL:     https://abrt.readthedocs.org/
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ data over ftp/scp...
 %autosetup -n %{name}-%{version} -p1
 
 %build
+./gen-version
 autoreconf -fi
 
 %configure \
@@ -335,6 +336,9 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}/%{_infodir}/dir
 %{_mandir}/man5/bugzilla_formatdup_anaconda.conf.5.*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jul 28 2025 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 2.17.15-3
+- fix version generation
+
 * Sun Jul 27 2025 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 2.17.15-2
 - drop useless requires on fros
 - cleanup spec