diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index fc17197..de2e4d7 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@ Allows OCaml scripts to directly use libguestfs
 %package -n perl-Sys-Guestfs
 Summary:        Allows Perl scripts to directly use libguestfs
 Group:          System/Filesystems
-Provides:       libguestfs-perl
-Obsoletes:      libguestfs-perl
+Provides:       libguestfs-perl = %{version}
+Obsoletes:      libguestfs-perl < %{version}
 Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
 
 %description -n perl-Sys-Guestfs
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ Provides Perl support for libguestfs.
 %package -n python-libguestfs
 Summary:        Allows Python scripts to directly use libguestfs
 Group:          System/Filesystems
-Provides:       libguestfs-python
-Obsoletes:      libguestfs-python
+Provides:       libguestfs-python = %{version}
+Obsoletes:      libguestfs-python < %{version}
 
 %description -n python-libguestfs
 Provides Python support for libguestfs.