diff --git a/freexl.spec b/freexl.spec
index 4b0d9db..07a32c3 100644
--- a/freexl.spec
+++ b/freexl.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Name:           freexl
 Version:        1.0.6
+%global so_version 1
 Release:        4%{?dist}
 Summary:        Library to extract data from within an Excel spreadsheet
 
@@ -73,7 +74,8 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/lib%{name}.la
 %doc COPYING
 %doc AUTHORS
 %doc README
-%{_libdir}/lib%{name}.so.*
+%{_libdir}/lib%{name}.so.%{so_version}
+%{_libdir}/lib%{name}.so.%{so_version}.*
 
 
 %files devel
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/lib%{name}.la
 %changelog
 * Thu Dec 16 2021 Benjamin A. Beasley <code@musicinmybrain.net> - 1.0.6-4
 - Modernize and clean up the spec file
+- Make it harder to miss any .so version change
 
 * Wed Jul 21 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.0.6-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild