diff --git a/gzdoom.changes b/gzdoom.changes
index 2abe41d..90b2e01 100644
--- a/gzdoom.changes
+++ b/gzdoom.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul  1 07:25:08 UTC 2024 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Resolve improper __DATE__ replacement [boo#1226829]
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May 17 22:04:47 UTC 2024 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/gzdoom.spec b/gzdoom.spec
index af841f7..457724b 100644
--- a/gzdoom.spec
+++ b/gzdoom.spec
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ SSE2 is a hard requirement even on 32-bit x86.
 # osc/rpm always has the version identifier (only has an effect when snapshots are used via _service files)
 perl -i -pe "s{<unknown version>}{%version}g" tools/updaterevision/UpdateRevision.cmake
 # https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Reproducible_Builds
-perl -i -pe "s{__DATE__}{$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}g" src/common/platform/posix/sdl/i_main.cpp
+perl -i -pe 's{__DATE__}{"'"$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH"'"}g' src/common/platform/posix/sdl/i_main.cpp
 
 %build
 # Disable LTO, which does not like seeing handcrafted assembler