diff --git a/mawk.spec b/mawk.spec
index bbe8ab7..21d36e6 100644
--- a/mawk.spec
+++ b/mawk.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 Name:		mawk
 Version:	1.3.4
-Release:	%{pver}.1%{?dist}
+Release:	1.%{pver}%{?dist}
+Epoch:		1
 Summary:	Interpreter for the AWK programming language
 Group:		Applications/Text
 License:	GPLv2
@@ -41,24 +42,15 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_mandir}/man1/mawk.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jun 19 2013 Mark McKinstry <mmckinst@nexcess.net> - 1:1.3.4-1.20130219
+- redo versioning to match Fedora guidelines. also means bumping the epoch
+
 * Fri Feb 22 2013 Mark McKinstry <mmckinst@nexcess.net> - 1.3.4-20130219.1
 - upgrade to 1.3.4-20130219 (BZ #885733)
 
-* Thu Feb 14 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.3.4-20121129.1.1
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_19_Mass_Rebuild
-
 * Tue Dec  4 2012 Mark McKinstry <mmckinst@nexcess.net> - 1.3.4-20121129.1
 - upgrade to 1.3.4-20121129 (BZ #882867)
 
-* Thu Jul 19 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.3.4-8.20100625
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Fri Jan 13 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.3.4-7.20100625
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Tue Feb 08 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.3.4-6.20100625
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild
-
 * Sun Oct 10 2010 Mark McKinstry <mmckinst@nexcess.net> 1.3.4-5.20100625
 - buildroot had a leftover macro from the old way of defining the version