diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c6b9034fc603..45d3624583ad 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -502,7 +502,8 @@ out/minikube_$(DEB_VERSION)-$(DEB_REVISION)_%.deb: out/minikube-linux-%
 	$(eval DEB_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*=$(shell mktemp -d --suffix ".minikube_$(DEB_VERSION)-$*-deb"))
 	cp -r installers/linux/deb/minikube_deb_template/* $(DEB_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*)/
 	chmod 0755 $(DEB_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*)/DEBIAN
-	sed -E -i 's/--VERSION--/'$(DEB_VERSION)-$(DEB_REVISION)'/g' $(DEB_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*)/DEBIAN/control
+	sed -E -i 's/--VERSION--/'$(DEB_VERSION)'/g' $(DEB_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*)/DEBIAN/control
+	sed -E -i 's/--REVISION--/'$(DEB_REVISION)'/g' $(DEB_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*)/DEBIAN/control
 	sed -E -i 's/--ARCH--/'$*'/g' $(DEB_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*)/DEBIAN/control
   
 	if [ "$*" = "amd64" ]; then \
@@ -526,7 +527,7 @@ out/minikube-$(RPM_VERSION)-0.%.rpm: out/minikube-linux-%
 	$(eval RPM_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*=$(shell mktemp -d --suffix ".minikube_$(RPM_VERSION)-$*-rpm"))
 	cp -r installers/linux/rpm/minikube_rpm_template/* $(RPM_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*)/
 	sed -E -i 's/--VERSION--/'$(RPM_VERSION)'/g' $(RPM_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*)/minikube.spec
-	sed -E -i 's/--RELEASE--/'$(RPM_REVISION)'/g' $(RPM_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*)/minikube.spec
+	sed -E -i 's/--REVISION--/'$(RPM_REVISION)'/g' $(RPM_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*)/minikube.spec
 	sed -E -i 's|--OUT--|'$(PWD)/out'|g' $(RPM_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*)/minikube.spec
 	rpmbuild -bb -D "_rpmdir $(PWD)/out" --target $* \
 		 $(RPM_PACKAGING_DIRECTORY_$*)/minikube.spec
diff --git a/installers/linux/deb/minikube_deb_template/DEBIAN/control b/installers/linux/deb/minikube_deb_template/DEBIAN/control
index 3b29fe80943c..50c034564c40 100644
--- a/installers/linux/deb/minikube_deb_template/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/installers/linux/deb/minikube_deb_template/DEBIAN/control
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: minikube
-Version: --VERSION--
+Version: --VERSION-----REVISION--
 Section: base
 Priority: optional
 Architecture: --ARCH--
diff --git a/installers/linux/rpm/minikube_rpm_template/minikube.spec b/installers/linux/rpm/minikube_rpm_template/minikube.spec
index 9c9874ca6e3a..bed06d212bb9 100644
--- a/installers/linux/rpm/minikube_rpm_template/minikube.spec
+++ b/installers/linux/rpm/minikube_rpm_template/minikube.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: minikube
 Version: --VERSION--
-Release: --RELEASE--
+Release: --REVISION--
 Summary: Run Kubernetes locally
 License: ASL 2.0
 Group: Development/Tools