diff --git a/share/rocmcmakebuildtools/cmake/ROCMCreatePackage.cmake b/share/rocmcmakebuildtools/cmake/ROCMCreatePackage.cmake
index b073fc14..8161d24e 100755
--- a/share/rocmcmakebuildtools/cmake/ROCMCreatePackage.cmake
+++ b/share/rocmcmakebuildtools/cmake/ROCMCreatePackage.cmake
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ macro(rocm_create_package)
             if(DEFINED CPACK_DEBIAN_DEVEL_PACKAGE_PROVIDES)
                 rocm_join_if_set(", "
                     CPACK_DEBIAN_DEVEL_PACKAGE_PROVIDES
-                    "${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME} = ${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION}"
+                    "${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME} (= ${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION})"
                 )
             else()
                 rocm_join_if_set(", "
@@ -351,13 +351,13 @@ macro(rocm_create_package)
             if(DEFINED CPACK_RPM_DEVEL_PACKAGE_PROVIDES)
                 rocm_join_if_set(", "
                     CPACK_RPM_DEVEL_PACKAGE_PROVIDES
-                    "${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME} = ${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION}"
+                    "${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME}"
                 )
             else()
                 rocm_join_if_set(", "
                     CPACK_RPM_DEVEL_PACKAGE_PROVIDES
                     "${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_PROVIDES}"
-                    "${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME} (= ${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION})")
+                    "${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME}")
             endif()
         else()
             rocm_package_add_dependencies(COMPONENT devel DEPENDS "${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME} >= ${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION}")