diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d6facbd..e95c388 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 /gnome-connections-44.0.tar.xz
 /gnome-connections-44.1.tar.xz
 /gnome-connections-45.beta.tar.xz
+/gnome-connections-45.rc.tar.xz
diff --git a/gnome-connections.spec b/gnome-connections.spec
index e9f1104..e0bcd4e 100644
--- a/gnome-connections.spec
+++ b/gnome-connections.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 %global url_ver %%(echo %{version} | cut -d. -f1)
 
 Name:       gnome-connections
-Version:    45~beta
+Version:    45~rc
 Release:    1%{?dist}
 Summary:    A remote desktop client for the GNOME desktop environment
 
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/org.gnome.Connections
 %{_datadir}/mime/packages/org.gnome.Connections.xml
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Sep 05 2023 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 45~rc-1
+- Update to 45.rc
+
 * Sat Aug 05 2023 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 45~beta-1
 - Update to 45.beta
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 1919a56..ef424a2 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gnome-connections-45.beta.tar.xz) = 17cb276647d0ae96a729e43d1ae4e8a57f94880e636e0162f4685e72ed1d0fe6996b8926a932918812a954bc052cd5e5e44ed32a0b0dbcc648c0ae373e4eebd7
+SHA512 (gnome-connections-45.rc.tar.xz) = 866e15632928a1a996f4388cf08c15c403dde81dfd4d24cb0c53ded268f67066162584b44aee7067f3a08fc117ab01abb357d227494182c73d04074137c90b57