diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7de64c0..70bb816 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -192,3 +192,4 @@ gnome-desktop-2.90.4.tar.bz2
 /gnome-desktop-42.1.tar.xz
 /gnome-desktop-42.2.tar.xz
 /gnome-desktop-43.alpha.tar.xz
+/gnome-desktop-43.rc.tar.xz
diff --git a/gnome-desktop3.spec b/gnome-desktop3.spec
index 212bee8..01d6845 100644
--- a/gnome-desktop3.spec
+++ b/gnome-desktop3.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 %global tarball_version %%(echo %{version} | tr '~' '.')
 
 Name:    gnome-desktop3
-Version: 43~alpha
+Version: 43~rc
 Release: %autorelease
 Summary: Library with common API for various GNOME modules
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 787a93f..cd497f7 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gnome-desktop-43.alpha.tar.xz) = 0e79f9e8113e5e216462abeba5daafbefa36b1f6f86c3aeb0ce05e6788e0e42b25d32fca2e5143feb2f4f8b8cd61465b07e40db2b6c1cc52e3c01c957960d87b
+SHA512 (gnome-desktop-43.rc.tar.xz) = 01ae105fd832cb8254d816b22243dde0159da6ba09f9e4b976a2b06e556e3d7c8da8927b01f34f06aef42460edbb2c0c12cbb812ecb727cc3083630dbdacbb42