diff --git a/bin/build-packages-for-obs b/bin/build-packages-for-obs
index c1a3762..60635f5 100755
--- a/bin/build-packages-for-obs
+++ b/bin/build-packages-for-obs
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ while read PKG_NAME PKG_VER PKG_DIR; do
   # Convert to obscpio
   SPEC_VER=$(sed -n -e 's/^Version:\s*\(.*\)/\1/p' ${T_DIR}/${PKG_NAME}.spec)
   SOURCE=$(sed -n -e 's/^\(Source\|Source0\):\s*.*[[:space:]\/]\(.*\)/\2/p' ${T_DIR}/${PKG_NAME}.spec|sed -e "s/%{name}/${PKG_NAME}/"|sed -e "s/%{version}/${SPEC_VER}/")
+  SPEC_REL=$(sed -n -e 's/^Release: \+\([0-9]\).*/\1/p' ${T_DIR}/${PKG_NAME}.spec)
   # If the package does not have sources, we don't need to repackage them
   if [ "${SOURCE}" != "" ]; then
     FOLDER=$(tar -tf ${T_DIR}/${SOURCE}|head -1|sed -e 's/\///')
@@ -176,8 +177,10 @@ commit: $(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)
 EOF
   fi
   # Release is handled by the Buildservice
-  # Remove everything what prevents us from submitting
-  sed -i 's/^Release.*$/Release:        0/i' $SRPM_DIR/$PKG_NAME/*.spec
+  # With untagged changes we can only build using --test with tito build.
+  # tito build with --test appends the git hash to the release version and we do not want this.
+  # Remove everything preventing us from submitting
+  sed -i "s/^Release.*$/Release:        ${SPEC_REL}/i" ${SRPM_DIR}/${PKG_NAME}/${PKG_NAME}.spec
 
   SUCCEED_CNT=$(($SUCCEED_CNT+1))
   break
diff --git a/uyuni-releng-tools.changes.deneb-alpha.do_not_hardcode_release_value b/uyuni-releng-tools.changes.deneb-alpha.do_not_hardcode_release_value
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85ccbdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/uyuni-releng-tools.changes.deneb-alpha.do_not_hardcode_release_value
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- Do not hardcode a fixed release value but align it with the 
+  value used while tagging