diff --git a/generic-release.spec b/generic-release.spec
index 275bfcd52e336b446ced1758022de48cec6c9483..effde6f43d022d51aefeb1087f107f420a4f4b5f 100644
--- a/generic-release.spec
+++ b/generic-release.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 %define dist_release_version 8
 %define generic_version 20.09
 %define generic_patch_level LTS
-%define generic_release 41
+%define generic_release 42
 %define builtin_release_version 1.0
 
 %define current_arch %{_arch}
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ ln -sf %{product_family}-release $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/system-release
 # create /etc/os-release
 cat << EOF >>$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/os-release
 NAME="%{product_family}"
-VERSION="%{generic_version} (%{generic_patch_level})"
+VERSION="%{generic_version}"
 ID="%{product_family}"
 VERSION_ID="%{generic_version}"
 PRETTY_NAME="%{product_family} %{generic_version}"
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 /etc/profile.d/performance.sh
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Sep 02 2020 zhangrui <zhangrui182@huawei.com> - 1.0-42
+- remove LTS from VERSION in os-release
+
 * Fri Aug 28 2020 zhangrui <zhangrui182@huawei.com> - 1.0-41
 - remove LTS from PRETTY_NAME in os-release