diff --git a/_service b/_service
index e9f40dd..1375197 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
     <param name="package-meta">no</param>
     <param name="exclude">.git</param>
     <param name="filename">suse-hpc</param>
-    <param name="versionformat">0.4.%h</param>
-    <param name="revision">5023230a033b870c3e343ffcd1a386b15ff70a01</param>
+    <param name="versionformat">0.5.%cd.%h</param>
+    <param name="revision">07cc46c5ab791219e5971581868fd20b7d661d32</param>
 	<param name="extract">general/dlinfo.c</param>
 	<param name="extract">general/macros.hpc</param>
 	<param name="extract">general/hpc_elf.pl</param>
@@ -17,4 +17,7 @@
     <param name="file">suse-hpc*.tar</param>
     <param name="compression">gz</param>
   </service>
+  <service mode="disabled" name="set_version">
+    <param name="basename">suse-hpc</param>
+  </service>
 </services>
diff --git a/macros.hpc b/macros.hpc
index b115cae..c24f3c5 100644
--- a/macros.hpc
+++ b/macros.hpc
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ When this package gets updated it installs the latest version of %name. \
 # same for non-singlespec (using internal %%_hpc_python3)
 %hpc_python_sitearch_no_singlespec %{_hpc_python_sysconfig_path %{?_hpc_python3:/usr/bin/python3}%{!?_hpc_python3:%{expand:%__%{python_flavor}}} platlib %{?hpc_prefix}}
 
-%_hpc_python_ver() %(%1 -c "import sys as s;print(s.version[:3]);")
+%_hpc_python_ver() %(%1 -c "import sysconfig as s; print(s.get_config_var('py_version_short'));")
 
 # get the (abbreviated) python version used for package and directory names (singlespec).
 %hpc_python_version %{_hpc_python_ver %{expand:%__%{python_flavor}}}
diff --git a/suse-hpc.changes b/suse-hpc.changes
index 6e47ef7..e41943a 100644
--- a/suse-hpc.changes
+++ b/suse-hpc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan  5 16:00:53 UTC 2022 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- Update to version 0.5.20211210.07cc46c
+  * support python 3.10 version string (#8)
+- Update _service to save git date and hash to version
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Oct 23 09:08:29 UTC 2021 - Egbert Eich <eich@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/suse-hpc.spec b/suse-hpc.spec
index a97c124..06981e3 100644
--- a/suse-hpc.spec
+++ b/suse-hpc.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package suse-hpc
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Summary:        SUSE HPC Environment
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Group:          Productivity/Clustering/Computing
 Name:           suse-hpc
-Version:        0.5
+Version:        0.5.20211210.07cc46c
 Release:        0
 Source0:        macros.hpc
 Source1:        dlinfo.c