diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 983075b..194c920 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@
 /gnome-characters-43.0.tar.xz
 /gnome-characters-43.1.tar.xz
 /gnome-characters-44.beta.tar.xz
+/gnome-characters-44.rc.tar.xz
diff --git a/gnome-characters.spec b/gnome-characters.spec
index a3b7274..a3c4861 100644
--- a/gnome-characters.spec
+++ b/gnome-characters.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 %global tarball_version %%(echo %{version} | tr '~' '.')
 
 Name:		gnome-characters
-Version:	44~beta
+Version:	44~rc
 Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	Character map application for GNOME
 # Files from gtk-js-app are licensed under 3-clause BSD.
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ desktop-file-validate $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/applications/%{appname}.deskto
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 06 2023 David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> - 44~rc-1
+- Update to 44.rc (#2150952)
+
 * Thu Feb 16 2023 David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> - 44~beta-1
 - Update to 44.beta
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 208f57a..d7d2edb 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gnome-characters-44.beta.tar.xz) = ff19178c95f6aa68cf8ce36ce300547ab2a8139a3c995c9f936ab5d7640930337cd9c8a4f333d3e94887f60bb1a89a52f3e3caff677a29867522cbc37cb8683a
+SHA512 (gnome-characters-44.rc.tar.xz) = 84b2287889ba1087ac2c7156419df898fd0f6a52bb6d7716c918fa6f17b9d7e10b3f053cae8610f7e8d5ef2e4a144a620bc1aa393bf68fe7200b77edc7c38934