diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index db22c9a..18003d8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -75,3 +75,4 @@ gnome-backgrounds-2.30.0.tar.bz2
 /gnome-backgrounds-44.beta.tar.xz
 /gnome-backgrounds-44.0.tar.xz
 /gnome-backgrounds-45.beta.tar.xz
+/gnome-backgrounds-45.rc.tar.xz
diff --git a/gnome-backgrounds.spec b/gnome-backgrounds.spec
index 3957b0a..de6391d 100644
--- a/gnome-backgrounds.spec
+++ b/gnome-backgrounds.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 %global tarball_version %%(echo %{version} | tr '~' '.')
 
 Name:    gnome-backgrounds
-Version: 45~beta
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Version: 45~rc
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: Desktop backgrounds packaged with the GNOME desktop
 
 License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ BuildRequires: meson
 
 # svg pixbuf loader
 Requires: (librsvg2 if gdk-pixbuf2)
-# webp pixbuf loader
-Requires: (webp-pixbuf-loader if gdk-pixbuf2)
 
 %description
 The gnome-backgrounds package contains the default
@@ -61,37 +59,38 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/locale
 %{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/blobs-l.svg
 %{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/drool-d.svg
 %{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/drool-l.svg
-%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/keys-d.webp
-%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/keys-l.webp
-%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/pills-d.webp
-%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/pills-l.webp
-%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/truchet-d.webp
-%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/truchet-l.webp
+%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/keys-d.jpg
+%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/keys-l.jpg
+%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/pills-d.jpg
+%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/pills-l.jpg
+%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/truchet-d.jpg
+%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/truchet-l.jpg
 
 %files extras
 %{_datadir}/gnome-background-properties/design-is-rounded-rectangles.xml
 %{_datadir}/gnome-background-properties/fold.xml
 %{_datadir}/gnome-background-properties/morphogenesis.xml
-%{_datadir}/gnome-background-properties/pipes.xml
 %{_datadir}/gnome-background-properties/pixels.xml
 %{_datadir}/gnome-background-properties/symbolic.xml
 %{_datadir}/gnome-background-properties/vnc.xml
-%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/design-is-rounded-rectangles-d.webp
-%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/design-is-rounded-rectangles-l.webp
-%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/fold-d.webp
-%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/fold-l.webp
+%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/design-is-rounded-rectangles-d.jpg
+%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/design-is-rounded-rectangles-l.jpg
+%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/fold-d.jpg
+%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/fold-l.jpg
 %{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/morphogenesis-d.svg
 %{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/morphogenesis-l.svg
-%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/pipes-d.jpg
-%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/pipes-l.jpg
-%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/pixels-d.webp
-%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/pixels-l.webp
-%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/symbolic-d.webp
-%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/symbolic-l.webp
-%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/vnc-d.webp
-%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/vnc-l.webp
+%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/pixels-d.jpg
+%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/pixels-l.jpg
+%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/symbolic-d.png
+%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/symbolic-l.png
+%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/vnc-d.png
+%{_datadir}/backgrounds/gnome/vnc-l.png
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Sep 05 2023 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 45~rc-1
+- Update to 45.rc
+- Remove webp-pixbuf-loader dep as webp images are no longer installed
+
 * Wed Jul 19 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 45~beta-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_39_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 78858da..25e1251 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gnome-backgrounds-45.beta.tar.xz) = 741622819ac1ba80ed4b89bb9134f4c8c04b3c4b6a6b63226091e01cbc5db38a623dd022f485d6f3870455a4d0a97490f05be4248301e3888a1487705a89597e
+SHA512 (gnome-backgrounds-45.rc.tar.xz) = 770c98dd2a33516890b7ad4df4e3b896b211dfbca0b476db2f6a810bcbb5aefa30517625a0d2aea1f7980e888a93f8e477b7b756bf58082b2ebc4190526bf13e