diff --git a/meson.spec b/meson.spec
index 2eab6dd..027bd5c 100644
--- a/meson.spec
+++ b/meson.spec
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 
 Name:           meson
 Version:        0.61.3
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        1.1%{?dist}
 Summary:        High productivity build system
 
 License:        ASL 2.0
 URL:            https://mesonbuild.com/
-Source:         https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/%{version_no_tilde .}/meson-%{version_no_tilde %{quote:}}.tar.gz
+Source:         https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/%{version}/meson-%{version}.tar.gz
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ support for modern software development tools and practices, such as
 unit tests, coverage reports, Valgrind, CCache and the like.
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -p1 -n meson-%{version_no_tilde %{quote:}}
+%autosetup -p1 -n meson-%{version}
 # Macro should not change when we are redefining bindir
 sed -i -e "/^%%__meson /s| .*$| %{_bindir}/%{name}|" data/macros.%{name}
 
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ export MESON_PRINT_TEST_OUTPUT=1
 %{_datadir}/zsh/site-functions/_meson
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Sep 08 2022 Davide Cavalca <dcavalca@centosproject.org> - 0.61.3-1.1
+- Drop usage of version_no_tilde macro to fix the el8 build
+
 * Tue Mar 15 2022 Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com> - 0.61.3-1
 - Update to 0.61.3
 - Install zsh & bash completion