diff --git a/re2.spec b/re2.spec
index 36cd31a..5e052f5 100644
--- a/re2.spec
+++ b/re2.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
+%global longver 2019-08-01
 %global shortver %(echo %{longver}|sed 's|-||g')
 
 Name:           re2