diff --git a/cmd/testData/debugedit-1/spec/debugedit.spec b/cmd/testData/debugedit-1/spec/debugedit.spec
index c89693b..168a0bf 100644
--- a/cmd/testData/debugedit-1/spec/debugedit.spec
+++ b/cmd/testData/debugedit-1/spec/debugedit.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 Name: debugedit
 Version: 5.0
-Release: %{?release:%{release}}%{!?release:eng}
+Release: %{?eext_release:%{eext_release}}%{!?eext_release:eng}
 Summary: Tools for debuginfo creation
 License: GPLv3+ and GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
 URL: https://sourceware.org/debugedit/
diff --git a/cmd/testData/mrtparse-1/spec/mrtparse.spec b/cmd/testData/mrtparse-1/spec/mrtparse.spec
index 1312cac..c581380 100644
--- a/cmd/testData/mrtparse-1/spec/mrtparse.spec
+++ b/cmd/testData/mrtparse-1/spec/mrtparse.spec
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@ Patch1000: arista-remove-default-sigpipe.patch
 Summary:        Tool for parsing routing information dump files in MRT format
 Name:           mrtparse
 Version:        2.0.1
-Release:        %{?release:%{release}}%{!?release:eng}
+Release:        %{?eext_release:%{eext_release}}%{!?eext_release:eng}
 
-License:        Apache 
+License:        Apache
 Source0:        mrtparse-2.0.1.tar.gz
 Url:            https://github.com/YoshiyukiYamauchi/mrtparse
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description
-mrtprse is a module to read and analyze the MRT format data. The MRT format data 
-can be used to export routing protocol messages, state changes, and routing 
-information base contents, and is standardized in RFC6396. Programs like Quagga 
+mrtprse is a module to read and analyze the MRT format data. The MRT format data
+can be used to export routing protocol messages, state changes, and routing
+information base contents, and is standardized in RFC6396. Programs like Quagga
 / Zebra, BIRD, OpenBGPD and PyRT can dump the MRT fotmat data.
 
 %package -n python3-mrtparse
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-mrtparse}
 
 %description -n python3-mrtparse
-mrtprse is a module to read and analyze the MRT format data. The MRT format data 
-can be used to export routing protocol messages, state changes, and routing 
-information base contents, and is standardized in RFC6396. Programs like Quagga 
+mrtprse is a module to read and analyze the MRT format data. The MRT format data
+can be used to export routing protocol messages, state changes, and routing
+information base contents, and is standardized in RFC6396. Programs like Quagga
 / Zebra, BIRD, OpenBGPD and PyRT can dump the MRT fotmat data.
 
 %prep
diff --git a/cmd/testData/mrtparse-2/mrtparse/spec/mrtparse.spec b/cmd/testData/mrtparse-2/mrtparse/spec/mrtparse.spec
index 1312cac..c581380 100644
--- a/cmd/testData/mrtparse-2/mrtparse/spec/mrtparse.spec
+++ b/cmd/testData/mrtparse-2/mrtparse/spec/mrtparse.spec
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@ Patch1000: arista-remove-default-sigpipe.patch
 Summary:        Tool for parsing routing information dump files in MRT format
 Name:           mrtparse
 Version:        2.0.1
-Release:        %{?release:%{release}}%{!?release:eng}
+Release:        %{?eext_release:%{eext_release}}%{!?eext_release:eng}
 
-License:        Apache 
+License:        Apache
 Source0:        mrtparse-2.0.1.tar.gz
 Url:            https://github.com/YoshiyukiYamauchi/mrtparse
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description
-mrtprse is a module to read and analyze the MRT format data. The MRT format data 
-can be used to export routing protocol messages, state changes, and routing 
-information base contents, and is standardized in RFC6396. Programs like Quagga 
+mrtprse is a module to read and analyze the MRT format data. The MRT format data
+can be used to export routing protocol messages, state changes, and routing
+information base contents, and is standardized in RFC6396. Programs like Quagga
 / Zebra, BIRD, OpenBGPD and PyRT can dump the MRT fotmat data.
 
 %package -n python3-mrtparse
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-mrtparse}
 
 %description -n python3-mrtparse
-mrtprse is a module to read and analyze the MRT format data. The MRT format data 
-can be used to export routing protocol messages, state changes, and routing 
-information base contents, and is standardized in RFC6396. Programs like Quagga 
+mrtprse is a module to read and analyze the MRT format data. The MRT format data
+can be used to export routing protocol messages, state changes, and routing
+information base contents, and is standardized in RFC6396. Programs like Quagga
 / Zebra, BIRD, OpenBGPD and PyRT can dump the MRT fotmat data.
 
 %prep
diff --git a/impl/create_srpm.go b/impl/create_srpm.go
index 589bddc..80b6e2b 100644
--- a/impl/create_srpm.go
+++ b/impl/create_srpm.go
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ func (bldr *srpmBuilder) build(prep bool) error {
 
 	if rpmReleaseMacro != "" {
 		rpmbuildArgs = append(rpmbuildArgs, []string{
-			"--define", fmt.Sprintf("release %s", rpmReleaseMacro),
+			"--define", fmt.Sprintf("eext_release %s", rpmReleaseMacro),
 		}...)
 	}
 	rpmbuildArgs = append(rpmbuildArgs, specFile)
diff --git a/impl/mock_cfg.go b/impl/mock_cfg.go
index 426151a..1684e08 100644
--- a/impl/mock_cfg.go
+++ b/impl/mock_cfg.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (cfgBldr *mockCfgBuilder) populateTemplateData() error {
 
 	cfgBldr.templateData.Macros = make(map[string]string)
 	if cfgBldr.rpmReleaseMacro != "" {
-		cfgBldr.templateData.Macros["release"] = cfgBldr.rpmReleaseMacro
+		cfgBldr.templateData.Macros["eext_release"] = cfgBldr.rpmReleaseMacro
 	}
 
 	if cfgBldr.eextSignature != "" {
diff --git a/impl/testData/expected-mock.cfg b/impl/testData/expected-mock.cfg
index c70fa06..d0b3d0d 100644
--- a/impl/testData/expected-mock.cfg
+++ b/impl/testData/expected-mock.cfg
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ config_opts['target_arch'] = "x86_64"
 
 # Autogenerated macros
 config_opts['macros']['distribution'] = 'eextsig=my-signature'
-config_opts['macros']['release'] = 'my-release'
+config_opts['macros']['eext_release'] = 'my-release'
 
 # Autogenerated dnf.conf
 config_opts['dnf.conf'] = """