diff --git a/version-update.sh b/version-update.sh
index 280fe3a..45acb39 100755
--- a/version-update.sh
+++ b/version-update.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ for url in $(spectool -l -S *.spec | awk '{print $2}'); do
     fedpkg new-sources "${url##*/}"
 done
 git add *.spec
-git commit -a -m 'New upstream release'
+git commit -a -m "Upstream release $version"
 git push
 fedpkg build