diff --git a/appdata.patch b/appdata.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2002a13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appdata.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+diff --git a/share/vlc.appdata.xml.in.in b/share/vlc.appdata.xml.in.in
+index cc9c39a..3c55620 100644
+--- a/share/vlc.appdata.xml.in.in
++++ b/share/vlc.appdata.xml.in.in
+@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
+     <url type="bugtracker">https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/</url>
+     <url type="donation">https://www.videolan.org/contribute.html</url>
+     <releases>
+-        <release version="@VERSION@" />
++        <release version="@VERSION@" date="@DATE@" />
+     </releases>
+     <provides>
+         <library>libvlc.so.5</library>
+@@ -38,4 +38,5 @@
+             <image>http://images.videolan.org/vlc/screenshots/2.0.0/vlc-2.0-gnome3-debian.jpg</image>
+         </screenshot>
+     </screenshots>
++    <content_rating type="oars-1.1" />
+ </component>
diff --git a/vlc.spec b/vlc.spec
index 38ce111..0701355 100644
--- a/vlc.spec
+++ b/vlc.spec
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ Patch:		fdk-aac2.patch
 # separate avcodec-vaapi conditional from other vaapi modules
 Patch:		vaapi-without-ffmepg4.patch
 # port from intel-mediasdk to oneVPL
-Patch:          oneVPL.patch
+Patch:		oneVPL.patch
+# fix appstreamcli validate to show in Software (rhbz#2258611)
+Patch:		appdata.patch
 
 %{load:%{S:1}}
 %global __provides_exclude_from ^%{vlc_plugindir}/.*$
@@ -474,7 +476,12 @@ rm -f aclocal.m4 m4/lib*.m4 m4/lt*.m4
 sed -i -e 's|\("qt-icon-change",\) true|\1 false|' modules/gui/qt/qt.cpp
 
 # sync appstream app-id with Flathub
-sed -i -e 's|org\.videolan\.vlc|org.videolan.VLC|' share/vlc.appdata.xml.in.in
+# fill in release date from appstream.patch
+# https: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/merge_requests/1555 (4.0)
+sed -e 's|org\.videolan\.vlc|org.videolan.VLC|' \
+    -e 's|@DATE@|%(date +%F -r %{S:0})|' \
+    -e 's|http:|https:|g' \
+    -i share/vlc.appdata.xml.in.in
 
 %if 0%{?flatpak}
 # icons are renamed in order to be exported