diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9317c9a..e42e99a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -179,3 +179,4 @@ gnome-desktop-2.90.4.tar.bz2
 /gnome-desktop-40.2.tar.xz
 /gnome-desktop-41.alpha.tar.xz
 /gnome-desktop-41.beta.tar.xz
+/gnome-desktop-41.rc.tar.xz
diff --git a/gnome-desktop3.spec b/gnome-desktop3.spec
index a54eb30..891ff9c 100644
--- a/gnome-desktop3.spec
+++ b/gnome-desktop3.spec
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 %global tarball_version %%(echo %{version} | tr '~' '.')
 
 Name: gnome-desktop3
-Version: 41~beta
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Version: 41~rc
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: Library with common API for various GNOME modules
 
 License: GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ cat %SOURCE5 >> $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/applications/gnome-mimeapps.list
 %{_datadir}/installed-tests
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Sep 08 2021 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 41~rc-1
+- Update to 41.rc
+
 * Mon Aug 23 2021 Parag Nemade <pnemade@fedoraproject.org> - 41~beta-2
 - Update Enhanced Inscript Change patch to include script name
   for pa and sd languages
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e50cd75..0c25781 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gnome-desktop-41.beta.tar.xz) = cdf0c8cf6376e84d58ca90e63f165e6974952c350d4d88a87d60e7231355c1d6370fe2cfb659ab56daea9f90aa82ce77debfcdd8b331e786fbd6a0b1b2c5b740
+SHA512 (gnome-desktop-41.rc.tar.xz) = bcecee6f7ec56149f74ffae678dc25cd33fcf7d94e06dc150fce0eea20a8a1edde315b265edfbfefdf0fab7498c20945748604acfb894d66843907a432134258