diff --git a/akonadi-server.spec b/akonadi-server.spec
index c09684d..49e52b4 100644
--- a/akonadi-server.spec
+++ b/akonadi-server.spec
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Requires:       libKF5AkonadiPrivate5 = %{version}
 Requires:       libqt5-sql-mysql
 Requires:       mysql
 Suggests:       mariadb
-Conflicts:      akonadi-runtime
+Obsoletes:      akonadi-runtime < %{version}
 
 %description
 This package contains the data files of Akonadi, the KDE PIM storage
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ service.
 %install
   %kf5_makeinstall -C build
 
+%pre
+/usr/bin/akonadictl stop
+sleep 30
+
 %post
 /sbin/ldconfig
 %{_kf5_bindir}/update-mime-database %{_kf5_sharedir}/mime &> /dev/null || :