diff --git a/git.skip-test-patterns b/git.skip-test-patterns
index 1a1139f..12b247d 100644
--- a/git.skip-test-patterns
+++ b/git.skip-test-patterns
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+^ok 1 # SKIP enable client-side http/2 \(missing HTTP2\)$
 expensive 2GB clone test; enable with GIT_TEST_CLONE_2GB=true
 filesystem does not corrupt utf-8
 fsmonitor--daemon is not supported on this platform
 GIT_SKIP_TESTS
 missing AUTOIDENT
+missing BUILTIN_TXT_
 missing CASE_INSENSITIVE_FS
 missing DONTHAVEIT
 missing ([!]LONG_IS_64BIT,)?EXPENSIVE
diff --git a/git.spec b/git.spec
index 1e05b82..84b152c 100644
--- a/git.spec
+++ b/git.spec
@@ -67,14 +67,14 @@
 %{?!bash_completions_dir:%global bash_completions_dir %{_datadir}/bash-completion/completions}
 
 # Define for release candidates
-#global rcrev   .rc0
+%global rcrev   .rc0
 
 # Set path to the package-notes linker script
 %global _package_note_file  %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{version}%{?rcrev}/.package_note-%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{_arch}.ld
 
 Name:           git
-Version:        2.38.1
-Release:        3%{?rcrev}%{?dist}
+Version:        2.39.0
+Release:        0.0%{?rcrev}%{?dist}
 Summary:        Fast Version Control System
 License:        BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND MIT
 URL:            https://git-scm.com/
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ BuildRequires:  acl
 %if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} >= 8
 # Needed by t5540-http-push-webdav.sh
 BuildRequires: apr-util-bdb
+# Needed by t5559-http-fetch-smart-http2.sh
+BuildRequires: mod_http2
 %endif
 # endif fedora or rhel >= 8
 BuildRequires:  bash
@@ -793,7 +795,17 @@ find %{buildroot}%{_pkgdocdir} -name "*.html" -print0 | xargs -r0 linkchecker
 # endif with docs && with linkcheck
 
 # Tests to skip on all releases and architectures
-GIT_SKIP_TESTS=""
+#
+# t5559-http-fetch-smart-http2 runs t5551-http-fetch-smart with
+# HTTP_PROTO=HTTP/2.  Unfortunately, it fails quite regularly.
+# https://lore.kernel.org/git/Y4fUntdlc1mqwad5@pobox.com/
+GIT_SKIP_TESTS="t5559"
+
+%if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 8
+# Skip tests which require mod_http2 on el7
+GIT_SKIP_TESTS="$GIT_SKIP_TESTS t5559"
+%endif
+# endif rhel < 8
 
 %ifarch aarch64 %{arm} %{power64}
 # Skip tests which fail on aarch64, arm, and ppc
@@ -1008,6 +1020,10 @@ rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty "$testdir"
 %{?with_docs:%{_pkgdocdir}/git-svn.html}
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Nov 23 2022 Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> - 2.39.0-0.0.rc0
+- update to 2.39.0-rc0
+- add mod_http2 BuildRequires for tests
+
 * Sat Nov 12 2022 Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> - 2.38.1-3
 - use %%bash_completions_dir
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 3f9c27f..0ca8e36 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (git-2.38.1.tar.xz) = e62ca6f54f01d2e4ccffb5f94e8e5cd2f3e098b766d909c694a8daf4d00d5cdeb9cc5ff8e9bc55d888406f292ba99433d334d4da9689c0ce5d7299a3c67c90e0
-SHA512 (git-2.38.1.tar.sign) = a10fa332d5d5ea96bf6a0ed0c2a568212dd033acd539d07efbb73def13dd0144640a5a17477ea5cfe4104f1fa166237d7b251de275307eac7b91c6e60ca3de5d
+SHA512 (git-2.39.0.rc0.tar.xz) = da92b6b8ec804712f035cb4017ab5d277ca3149749921455cc362a11f7cb96d4347d1eb9e7d02fc31bc0c06f3bdc5ef7c4f40d02f9b92f42e708a2f474e28ea6
+SHA512 (git-2.39.0.rc0.tar.sign) = 04b3e0a9558cb423073e8c7e869e7c616df1f691dac147bf4c30253cf9c66f9b4f030618a232381b8468b9c575d0751b7744725efc7c3d7ebd92739e868d697c