diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d758666..c123997 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@
 /gnome-characters-41.0.tar.xz
 /gnome-characters-42.alpha.tar.xz
 /gnome-characters-42.beta.tar.xz
+/gnome-characters-42.rc.tar.xz
diff --git a/gnome-characters.spec b/gnome-characters.spec
index faf643b..3395e00 100644
--- a/gnome-characters.spec
+++ b/gnome-characters.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 %global tarball_version %%(echo %{version} | tr '~' '.')
 
 Name:		gnome-characters
-Version:	42~beta
+Version:	42~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
+* Tue Mar 08 2022 David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> - 42~rc-1
+- Update to 42.rc
+
 * Mon Feb 14 2022 David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> - 42~beta-1
 - Update to 42.beta
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 9c1b3de..f5e770a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gnome-characters-42.beta.tar.xz) = aaee9ca4061ecb36069c8fac3e72750c0190cce04404621d763fe619427f29b2ad0cbd491fcdaead123821d80d6ead8f0cc299f5b5da185ecddc6b1b69d27a2b
+SHA512 (gnome-characters-42.rc.tar.xz) = b97832e814ff475afd352933307184c081642184038d95fe613e9430431a8bc865ca5a6c76c9af81f5b59db1df1db4076fb927f0ca79427b3293ff0556034975