diff --git a/rust2rpm/metadata.py b/rust2rpm/metadata.py
index f29c621..99debf3 100644
--- a/rust2rpm/metadata.py
+++ b/rust2rpm/metadata.py
@@ -222,8 +222,7 @@ class Metadata:
         self._version = version
         version_normalized = CargoSemVer.unparse_version(
             CargoSemVer.coerce(
-                CargoSemVer.parse_version(self._version)),
-            sep="~")
+                CargoSemVer.parse_version(self._version)))
         self.version = version_normalized
         self.license = None
         self.license_file = None