diff --git a/0001-Always-require-upper-bound-dependency-with-sign.patch b/0001-Always-require-upper-bound-dependency-with-sign.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51ae3b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Always-require-upper-bound-dependency-with-sign.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+From 617d4b9140b35f4f74def98b87a69a84943a33de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Igor Raits <igor.raits@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2020 12:44:52 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Always require upper-bound dependency with ~ sign
+
+Proper fix is quite complex and given we do not package pre-release
+versions very often (and esp. not multiple versions of them), this is
+good enough (not nice though).
+
+References: https://pagure.io/fedora-rust/rust2rpm/issue/70
+Signed-off-by: Igor Raits <igor.raits@gmail.com>
+---
+ rust2rpm/metadata.py |  2 +-
+ test.py              | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
+ 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/rust2rpm/metadata.py b/rust2rpm/metadata.py
+index b29e7b5..4636cc5 100644
+--- a/rust2rpm/metadata.py
++++ b/rust2rpm/metadata.py
+@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class Dependency:
+         if not reqs:
+             return cap
+         deps = ' with '.join(
+-            f'{cap} {op} {CargoSemVer.unparse_version(version, sep="~")}'
++            f'{cap} {op} {CargoSemVer.unparse_version(version, sep="~")}{"~" if op == CargoSemVer.KIND_LT else ""}'
+             for op, version in reqs)
+         if len(reqs) > 1:
+             return f"({deps})"
+diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
+index ccda3b5..7623be0 100644
+--- a/test.py
++++ b/test.py
+@@ -6,53 +6,53 @@ from rust2rpm.metadata import Version
+ 
+ @pytest.mark.parametrize("req, rpmdep", [
+     ("^1.2.3",
+-     "(crate(test) >= 1.2.3 with crate(test) < 2.0.0)"),
++     "(crate(test) >= 1.2.3 with crate(test) < 2.0.0~)"),
+     ("^1.2",
+-     "(crate(test) >= 1.2.0 with crate(test) < 2.0.0)"),
++     "(crate(test) >= 1.2.0 with crate(test) < 2.0.0~)"),
+     ("^1",
+-     "(crate(test) >= 1.0.0 with crate(test) < 2.0.0)"),
++     "(crate(test) >= 1.0.0 with crate(test) < 2.0.0~)"),
+     ("^0.2.3",
+-     "(crate(test) >= 0.2.3 with crate(test) < 0.3.0)"),
++     "(crate(test) >= 0.2.3 with crate(test) < 0.3.0~)"),
+     ("^0.2",
+-     "(crate(test) >= 0.2.0 with crate(test) < 0.3.0)"),
++     "(crate(test) >= 0.2.0 with crate(test) < 0.3.0~)"),
+     ("^0.0.3",
+-     "(crate(test) >= 0.0.3 with crate(test) < 0.0.4)"),
++     "(crate(test) >= 0.0.3 with crate(test) < 0.0.4~)"),
+     ("^0.0",
+-     "(crate(test) >= 0.0.0 with crate(test) < 0.1.0)"),
++     "(crate(test) >= 0.0.0 with crate(test) < 0.1.0~)"),
+     ("^0",
+-     "(crate(test) >= 0.0.0 with crate(test) < 1.0.0)"),
++     "(crate(test) >= 0.0.0 with crate(test) < 1.0.0~)"),
+     ("~1.2.3",
+-     "(crate(test) >= 1.2.3 with crate(test) < 1.3.0)"),
++     "(crate(test) >= 1.2.3 with crate(test) < 1.3.0~)"),
+     ("~1.2",
+-     "(crate(test) >= 1.2.0 with crate(test) < 1.3.0)"),
++     "(crate(test) >= 1.2.0 with crate(test) < 1.3.0~)"),
+     ("~1",
+-     "(crate(test) >= 1.0.0 with crate(test) < 2.0.0)"),
++     "(crate(test) >= 1.0.0 with crate(test) < 2.0.0~)"),
+     ("*",
+      "crate(test) >= 0.0.0"),
+     ("1.*",
+-     "(crate(test) >= 1.0.0 with crate(test) < 2.0.0)"),
++     "(crate(test) >= 1.0.0 with crate(test) < 2.0.0~)"),
+     ("1.2.*",
+-     "(crate(test) >= 1.2.0 with crate(test) < 1.3.0)"),
++     "(crate(test) >= 1.2.0 with crate(test) < 1.3.0~)"),
+     ("1.*.*",
+-     "(crate(test) >= 1.0.0 with crate(test) < 2.0.0)"),
++     "(crate(test) >= 1.0.0 with crate(test) < 2.0.0~)"),
+     (">= 1.2.0",
+      "crate(test) >= 1.2.0"),
+     ("> 1",
+      "crate(test) > 1.0.0"),
+     ("< 2",
+-     "crate(test) < 2.0.0"),
++     "crate(test) < 2.0.0~"),
+     ("= 1.2.3",
+      "crate(test) = 1.2.3"),
+     (">= 1.2, < 1.5",
+-     "(crate(test) >= 1.2.0 with crate(test) < 1.5.0)"),
++     "(crate(test) >= 1.2.0 with crate(test) < 1.5.0~)"),
+     ("^1.0.0-alpha.6",
+-     "(crate(test) >= 1.0.0~alpha.6 with crate(test) < 2.0.0)"),
++     "(crate(test) >= 1.0.0~alpha.6 with crate(test) < 2.0.0~)"),
+     ("^0.1.0-alpha.6",
+-     "(crate(test) >= 0.1.0~alpha.6 with crate(test) < 0.2.0)"),
++     "(crate(test) >= 0.1.0~alpha.6 with crate(test) < 0.2.0~)"),
+     ("^0.0.1-alpha.6",
+-     "(crate(test) >= 0.0.1~alpha.6 with crate(test) < 0.0.2)"),
++     "(crate(test) >= 0.0.1~alpha.6 with crate(test) < 0.0.2~)"),
+     ("^0.0.0-alpha.6",
+-     "(crate(test) >= 0.0.0~alpha.6 with crate(test) < 0.0.1)"),
++     "(crate(test) >= 0.0.0~alpha.6 with crate(test) < 0.0.1~)"),
+ ])
+ def test_dependency(req, rpmdep):
+     dep = rust2rpm.Dependency("test", req)
+-- 
+2.30.0.rc2
+
diff --git a/rust-packaging.spec b/rust-packaging.spec
index 046ab29..478a048 100644
--- a/rust-packaging.spec
+++ b/rust-packaging.spec
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@
 
 Name:           rust-packaging
 Version:        17
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        RPM macros for building Rust packages on various architectures
 
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://pagure.io/fedora-rust/rust2rpm
 Source:         https://pagure.io/fedora-rust/rust2rpm/archive/v%{version}/rust2rpm-v%{version}.tar.gz
-                
+# https://pagure.io/fedora-rust/rust2rpm/issue/70
+Patch0001:      0001-Always-require-upper-bound-dependency-with-sign.patch
+
 ExclusiveArch:  %{rust_arches}
 
 # gawk is needed for stripping dev-deps in macro
@@ -69,6 +71,9 @@ py.test-%{python3_version} -vv test.py
 %{python3_sitelib}/rust2rpm/
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Dec 28 2020 Igor Raits <ignatenkobrain@fedoraproject.org> - 17-2
+- Band-aid clap pre-release version
+
 * Sat Dec 26 2020 Igor Raits <ignatenkobrain@fedoraproject.org> - 17-1
 - Update to 17