diff --git a/git.spec b/git.spec
index 6fa4261..195109d 100644
--- a/git.spec
+++ b/git.spec
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@
 %endif
 
 # Define for release candidates
-#global rcrev   .rc0
+%global rcrev   .rc0
 
 Name:           git
-Version:        2.30.1
-Release:        3%{?rcrev}%{?dist}
+Version:        2.31.0
+Release:        0.0%{?rcrev}%{?dist}
 Summary:        Fast Version Control System
 License:        GPLv2
 URL:            https://git-scm.com/
@@ -1070,6 +1070,9 @@ rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty "$testdir"
 %{?with_docs:%{_pkgdocdir}/git-svn.html}
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 02 2021 Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> - 2.31.0-0.0.rc0
+- update to 2.31.0-rc0
+
 * Tue Mar 02 2021 Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> - 2.30.1-3
 - use %%{gpgverify} macro to verify tarball signature
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 8265a5c..e5fae2c 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (git-2.30.1.tar.xz) = b3567d251c73807857f05f46cae3acb4e0d876590d122229c05509d5eb17fc3eee0ba97a1b2068070b399085f7a92aa2493c4833b98f65b8ef15fc279798caa3
-SHA512 (git-2.30.1.tar.sign) = 74f03e9b38fb33cfc8bf8d17ac108c769663acfd4b72c5fade4410b06b6c7c29479a82f58409ba780468f56e0ce24bc86f118e7f31060941067c34f02778f6e2
+SHA512 (git-2.31.0.rc0.tar.xz) = 3c8d495cc1adb18f5918d99b02b6d3a969d4a44ab44ad908831eae0b2cf2d139fe8e7f1c61788a3254f4acc178cd2b5973ce13733bf639c73f156b4987a6e8f2
+SHA512 (git-2.31.0.rc0.tar.sign) = 1ddce0cbe6d2077a585804f03cdf3aca25dc802a373914f11b8da19c827e9d1c7e95d27a48f46450fe11b997cc044aef6bf15a37fcf95fc3429fab32220735cb