diff --git a/xCAT-genesis-builder/xCAT-genesis-base.spec b/xCAT-genesis-builder/xCAT-genesis-base.spec
index 831008d41..a45c08cb0 100644
--- a/xCAT-genesis-builder/xCAT-genesis-base.spec
+++ b/xCAT-genesis-builder/xCAT-genesis-base.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%define version     %%REPLACE_CURRENT_VERSION%%
+%define version %(rpm -q xCAT --qf "%{VERSION}" 2>/dev/null)
 Version: %{?version:%{version}}%{!?version:%(cat Version)}
 Release: %{?release:%{release}}%{!?release:snap%(date +"%Y%m%d%H%M")}
 %ifarch i386 i586 i686 x86