diff --git a/SPECS/rocky-release.spec b/SPECS/rocky-release.spec
index b58e6c8..121d2a3 100644
--- a/SPECS/rocky-release.spec
+++ b/SPECS/rocky-release.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 %define variant_lowercase server
 
 # Distribution Name and Version
-%define distro  Rocky Linux
+%define distro_name  Rocky Linux
+%define distro_code  Green Obsidian
 %define major   8
 %define minor   4
 %define rocky_rel 17
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
 Name:           rocky-release
 Version:        %{major}.%{minor}
 Release:        %{rocky_rel}.el8
-Summary:        %{distro} release files
+Summary:        %{distro_name} release files
 License:        GPLv2
 URL:            https://rockylinux.org
 BuildArch:      noarch
@@ -83,10 +84,10 @@ Source1223:     Rocky-Devel.repo
 Source1226:     Rocky-Plus.repo
 
 %description
-%{distro} release files.
+%{distro_name} release files.
 
 %package -n rocky-repos
-Summary:        %{distro} Package Repositories
+Summary:        %{distro_name} Package Repositories
 License:        GPLv2
 Provides:       rocky-repos(%{major}) = %{upstream_rel}
 Requires:       system-release = %{upstream_rel}
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ Requires:       rocky-gpg-keys
 Conflicts:      %{name} < 8.0
 
 %description -n rocky-repos
-%{distro} package repository files for yum/dnf
+%{distro_name} package repository files for yum/dnf
 
 %package -n rocky-gpg-keys
 Summary:        Rocky RPM GPG Keys
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ cp %{SOURCE201} %{SOURCE202} %{SOURCE203} .
 
 # create /etc/system-release and /etc/redhat-release
 install -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}
-echo "%{distro} release %{version}" > %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/rocky-release
+echo "%{distro_name} release %{version} (%{distro_code})" > %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/rocky-release
 echo "Derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux %{version}" > %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/rocky-release-upstream
 ln -s rocky-release %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/system-release
 ln -s rocky-release %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/redhat-release
@@ -123,15 +124,14 @@ ln -s rocky-release %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/redhat-release
 # Create the os-release file
 install -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/lib
 cat > %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/lib/os-release << EOF
-NAME="%{distro}"
-VERSION="%{major}.%{minor}"
+NAME="%{distro_name}"
+VERSION="%{major}.%{minor} (%{distro_code})"
 ID="rocky"
 ID_LIKE="rhel fedora"
 VERSION_ID="%{major}.%{minor}"
-VERSION_CODENAME=""
 PLATFORM_ID="platform:el%{major}"
-PRETTY_NAME="%{distro} %{major}.%{minor}"
-ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
+PRETTY_NAME="%{distro_name} %{major}.%{minor} (%{distro_code})"
+ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
 CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:rocky:rocky:%{major}"
 HOME_URL="https://rockylinux.org/"
 BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.rockylinux.org/"
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ install -p -m 0644 %{SOURCE1226} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/yum.repos.d/
 
 %changelog
 * Fri May 24 2021 Louis Abel <label@rockylinux.org> - 8.4-17
-- Add VERSION_CODENAME
+- Add a version codename to satisfy vendors
 
 * Wed May 19 2021 Louis Abel <label@rockylinux.org> - 8.4-16
 - Remove annoying /etc/issue banner