diff --git a/projects/people.engr.tamu.edu/davis/suitesparse/package.yml b/projects/people.engr.tamu.edu/davis/suitesparse/package.yml
index 270908dd..4dc0f5dd 100644
--- a/projects/people.engr.tamu.edu/davis/suitesparse/package.yml
+++ b/projects/people.engr.tamu.edu/davis/suitesparse/package.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ build:
     linux:
       gnu.org/make: '*'
   script:
+    # version 7.2.1 shipped without bumping the version number
+    - run: |
+        sed -i.bak \
+            -e 's/^set ( SUITESPARSE_VERSION_MAJOR.*/set ( SUITESPARSE_VERSION_MAJOR {{version.major}} )/' \
+            -e 's/^set ( SUITESPARSE_VERSION_MINOR.*/set ( SUITESPARSE_VERSION_MINOR {{version.minor}} )/' \
+            -e 's/^set ( SUITESPARSE_VERSION_SUB.*/set ( SUITESPARSE_VERSION_SUB {{version.patch}} )/' \
+            CMakeLists.txt
+        rm CMakeLists.txt.bak
+      working-directory: SuiteSparse_config
     - make library $ARGS CMAKE_OPTIONS="$CMAKE_ARGS"
     - make install $ARGS CMAKE_OPTIONS="$CMAKE_ARGS"
   env: