diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 581f93c..930f38a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -209,7 +209,10 @@ jobs:
             rpm -qp --qf '[%{FILEMODES:perms} %{FILENAMES}\n]' "$rpm" | grep -v -e '^d' -e '/\.build-id/' | cut -d' ' -f2 | sort > files.txt
             printf '%s\n' /usr/libexec/plugin-hostd/tests/fake-host /usr/share/licenses/plugin-hostd-tests/COPYING | sort > expected.txt
             diff -u expected.txt files.txt
-            rpm -qp --requires "$rpm" | grep -q '^plugin-hostd'
+            # tied to the same build: the requirement names the exact version-release and the isa of this very package
+            case "${{ matrix.arch }}" in x86_64) isa=x86-64 ;; aarch64) isa=aarch-64 ;; *) echo "no isa for ${{ matrix.arch }}"; exit 1 ;; esac
+            vr=$(rpm -qp --qf '%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}' "$rpm")
+            rpm -qp --requires "$rpm" | grep -qxF "plugin-hostd($isa) = $vr"
           done
           ls rpms/plugin-hostd-tests-[0-9]*.${{ matrix.arch }}.rpm
           ls rpms/plugin-hostd-*.src.rpm
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 3cd6bcc..2ab66c0 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Description: stand-in plugin worker to test a program that drives plugin-hostd
  be tested against a real daemon without a plugin, a JACK server or any
  audio. Run it with -L to print the layout it reports. It is installed in
  /usr/libexec/plugin-hostd/tests, away from the directories programs run
- from, and is of no use to anyone else.
+ from.
 
 Package: plugin-hostd-dev
 Section: libdevel
diff --git a/packaging/plugin-hostd.spec b/packaging/plugin-hostd.spec
index d76ac08..b5ac10c 100644
--- a/packaging/plugin-hostd.spec
+++ b/packaging/plugin-hostd.spec
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ can be made to die on cue, so a program that talks to plugin-hostd can be
 tested against a real daemon without a plugin, a JACK server or any audio.
 Run it with -L to print the layout it reports. It is installed in
 %{_libexecdir}/plugin-hostd/tests, away from the directories programs run
-from, and is of no use to anyone else.
+from.
 
 %prep
 %autosetup