diff --git a/mutt.changes b/mutt.changes
index df34d18..b85d8cb 100644
--- a/mutt.changes
+++ b/mutt.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan 30 13:54:17 UTC 2020 - Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
+
+- Be aware that it might be that the version is not found (boo#1162245)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jan 28 13:42:02 UTC 2020 - Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/mutt.spec b/mutt.spec
index 464b9ff..8711c59 100644
--- a/mutt.spec
+++ b/mutt.spec
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ install -D -m 644 doc/manual.txt.gz %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/%name/
 %pre
 if test $1 -gt 1 -a -e %{_docdir}/%name/manual.txt.gz
 then
-    zcat %{_docdir}/%name/manual.txt.gz |  grep -F 'version %{version}' > /run/mutt-version
+    zcat %{_docdir}/%name/manual.txt.gz |  grep -F 'version %{version}' > /run/mutt-version || :
 fi
 
 %post