diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b5d12d6..c5e0742 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -153,3 +153,4 @@
 /gnome-shell-extensions-41.0.tar.xz
 /gnome-shell-extensions-42.alpha.tar.xz
 /gnome-shell-extensions-42.beta.tar.xz
+/gnome-shell-extensions-42.rc.tar.xz
diff --git a/gnome-shell-extensions.spec b/gnome-shell-extensions.spec
index 90a4eec..a5e705d 100644
--- a/gnome-shell-extensions.spec
+++ b/gnome-shell-extensions.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 %global tarball_version %%(echo %{version} | tr '~' '.')
 
 Name:           gnome-shell-extensions
-Version:        42~beta
+Version:        42~rc
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Modify and extend GNOME Shell functionality and behavior
 
@@ -256,6 +256,9 @@ workspaces.
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 07 2022 Florian Müllner <fmuellner@redhat.com> - 42~rc-1
+- Update to 42.rc
+
 * Tue Feb 15 2022 Florian Müllner <fmuellner@redhat.com> - 42~beta-1
 - Update to 42.beta
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 7057243..fc88ccd 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gnome-shell-extensions-42.beta.tar.xz) = 80546b65e2f93ff88a78d24ea1672a49aeb96645c3bfaeccacaee77e1f8d649d169a37b8b703063ff5b5785f4ef8161c02fd406e6b81edb329fa5c802787dc6b
+SHA512 (gnome-shell-extensions-42.rc.tar.xz) = 6c0f6ada175efbd03240ebfeb6ee010093e59f799184675f06c62fbb044b38cdd1cd532cfa3ecbc2c1b4648534f9ce6a4065bdafecf8173c09f2545beb6b8f34