diff --git a/dev/create-release/release-build.sh b/dev/create-release/release-build.sh
index 7976d8a039544..a72307a28ad7a 100755
--- a/dev/create-release/release-build.sh
+++ b/dev/create-release/release-build.sh
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ if [[ "$1" == "package" ]]; then
     export ZINC_PORT=$ZINC_PORT
     echo "Creating distribution: $NAME ($FLAGS)"
 
-    # Write out the NAME and VERSION to PySpark version info we rewrite the - into a . and SNAPSHOT
-    # to dev0 to be closer to PEP440. We use the NAME as a "local version".
-    PYSPARK_VERSION=`echo "$SPARK_VERSION+$NAME" |  sed -r "s/-/./" | sed -r "s/SNAPSHOT/dev0/"`
+    # Write out the VERSION to PySpark version info we rewrite the - into a . and SNAPSHOT
+    # to dev0 to be closer to PEP440.
+    PYSPARK_VERSION=`echo "$SPARK_VERSION" |  sed -r "s/-/./" | sed -r "s/SNAPSHOT/dev0/"`
     echo "__version__='$PYSPARK_VERSION'" > python/pyspark/version.py
 
     # Get maven home set by MVN