diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d76d06c..4c909cf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,3 +35,4 @@
 /gnome-characters-42.0.tar.xz
 /gnome-characters-43.alpha.tar.xz
 /gnome-characters-43.beta.tar.xz
+/gnome-characters-43.rc.tar.xz
diff --git a/gnome-characters.spec b/gnome-characters.spec
index f3a6517..d8f119c 100644
--- a/gnome-characters.spec
+++ b/gnome-characters.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 %global tarball_version %%(echo %{version} | tr '~' '.')
 
 Name:		gnome-characters
-Version:	43~beta
+Version:	43~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 Sep 06 2022 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 43~rc-1
+- Update to 43.rc
+
 * Mon Aug 08 2022 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 43~beta-1
 - Update to 43.beta
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 5defc0a..2927400 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gnome-characters-43.beta.tar.xz) = f4ac648d793eb6056b0938447298a64e51bf8f9c9baa8c0cf15464d998ecf1688c09de8b5d877ca4447484bc6a8f92fe0d35f88b64542170d7e65eb77cab2501
+SHA512 (gnome-characters-43.rc.tar.xz) = 05131de7e1104285b7d73e347cec8af6f4f7704ec11a13d465272760880f945a24c0d40b35733d8c71f6ea85e1a7bb1c7af88bbed9577623deae80d662e3409d