diff --git a/openmpi4.changes b/openmpi4.changes
index 89f0666..7928619 100644
--- a/openmpi4.changes
+++ b/openmpi4.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 10 09:44:40 UTC 2023 - Nicolas Morey <nicolas.morey@suse.com>
+
+- Drop %vers macro so that the Version tag can be parsed more easily
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Oct  2 07:35:01 UTC 2023 - Nicolas Morey <nicolas.morey@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/openmpi4.spec b/openmpi4.spec
index 3183ba1..1d5b79d 100644
--- a/openmpi4.spec
+++ b/openmpi4.spec
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 # % define build_static_devel 1
 
 %global pname openmpi
-%global vers 4.1.6
 %define _vers 4_1_6
 %define m_f_ver 4
 %bcond_with ringdisabled
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ ExclusiveArch:  do_not_build
 #############################################################################
 
 Name:           %{package_name}%{?testsuite:-testsuite}
-Version:        %{vers}
+Version:        4.1.6
 Release:        0
 Summary:        An implementation of MPI/SHMEM (Version %{m_f_ver})
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
@@ -396,6 +395,10 @@ This RPM contains the configuration files for OpenMPI runtime (Version 3).
 %endif # ?with_hpc
 %endif # !testsuite
 
+%if "%(echo %version | tr '.' '_')" != "%_vers"
+%{error: Fix _vers variable to match package version!}
+%endif
+
 #############################################################################
 #
 # Prepatory Section