diff --git a/ruby-common.changes b/ruby-common.changes
index 2e72c50..449d58b 100644
--- a/ruby-common.changes
+++ b/ruby-common.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri May 12 21:28:54 UTC 2023 - Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@suse.de>
+
+- bump the version so we can require the new version to make it
+  easier to depend on the new functionality
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May 12 14:21:14 UTC 2023 - Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/ruby-common.spec b/ruby-common.spec
index 09473d2..79c9cb9 100644
--- a/ruby-common.spec
+++ b/ruby-common.spec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:           ruby-common
-Version:        3.2
+Version:        3.2.1
 Release:        0
 # ruby-macros and ruby-common version
 %define rpm_macros_version 5