diff --git a/rust-packaging.spec b/rust-packaging.spec
index 072004b73472481a82ae989918a59174b859e0a4..acd0f77fa450b3ca42938b8ffe93efe3bc1ce00f 100644
--- a/rust-packaging.spec
+++ b/rust-packaging.spec
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 %global debug_package %{nil}
 
 Name:           rust-packaging
+Epoch:          1
 Version:        23
-Release:        4
+Release:        1
 Summary:        RPM macros for building Rust packages on various architectures
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://pagure.io/fedora-rust/rust2rpm
@@ -22,8 +23,10 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-termcolor python3-jinja2
 BuildRequires:  python3-pyparsing python3-tqdm python3-requests
 
 # gawk is needed for stripping dev-deps in macro
-Requires:       gawk python3-rust2rpm = %{version}-%{release}
+Requires:       gawk python3-rust2rpm = %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       rust-srpm-macros rust cargo
+Obsoletes:      rust-srpm-macros < 1:23
+Obsoletes:      cargo-rpm-macros < 1:23
 
 %description
 The package provides macros for building projects in Rust
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ Summary:        Convert Rust packages to RPM
 
 Requires:       cargo
 
-Provides:       rust2rpm = %{version}-%{release}
+Provides:       rust2rpm = %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-rust2rpm}
 
 %description -n python3-rust2rpm
@@ -75,6 +78,9 @@ PYTEST_XDIST_AUTO_NUM_WORKERS=%{_smp_build_ncpus} \
 %{python3_sitelib}/rust2rpm-*.dist-info/
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 23 2025 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 1:23-1
+- bump epoch so that it won't be obsoleted by wrongly imported packages
+
 * Tue Aug 19 2025 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 23-4
 - revert config.toml change as there are too many downstream packages affected