diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 01bdc0a..90c74ae 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -189,3 +189,4 @@ gnome-shell-2.31.5.tar.bz2
 /gnome-shell-40.alpha.1.1-228-g829a096ba.tar.xz
 /gnome-shell-40.beta.tar.xz
 /gnome-shell-40.beta-79-g7a57528bd.tar.xz
+/gnome-shell-40.rc.tar.xz
diff --git a/0001-build-Lower-mutter-requirement.patch b/0001-build-Lower-mutter-requirement.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2db75bb..0000000
--- a/0001-build-Lower-mutter-requirement.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From 7649d0c93dddfa6969e432c2510379aa5cf70420 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Florian=20M=C3=BCllner?= <fmuellner@gnome.org>
-Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 16:36:05 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] build: Lower mutter requirement
-
----
- meson.build | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
-index 66c0fc073..5654a8838 100644
---- a/meson.build
-+++ b/meson.build
-@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ gio_req = '>= 2.56.0'
- gi_req = '>= 1.49.1'
- gjs_req = '>= 1.65.1'
- gtk_req = '>= 3.15.0'
--mutter_req = '>= 40.rc'
-+mutter_req = '>= 40.beta'
- polkit_req = '>= 0.100'
- schemas_req = '>= 3.33.1'
- startup_req = '>= 0.11'
--- 
-2.30.1
-
diff --git a/gnome-shell.spec b/gnome-shell.spec
index ed1cddf..55187d5 100644
--- a/gnome-shell.spec
+++ b/gnome-shell.spec
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 Name:           gnome-shell
-Version:        40.0~beta
-Release:        2.20210304git7a57528bd%{?dist}
+Version:        40.0~rc
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Window management and application launching for GNOME
 
 License:        GPLv2+
 URL:            https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell
-Source0: http://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-shell/40/%{name}-40.beta-79-g7a57528bd.tar.xz
+Source0: http://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-shell/40/%{name}-40.rc.tar.xz
 
 # Replace Epiphany with Firefox in the default favourite apps list
 Patch1: gnome-shell-favourite-apps-firefox.patch
-# Undo post-release version bump for snapshot
-Patch2: 0001-build-Lower-mutter-requirement.patch
 
 %define eds_version 3.33.1
 %define gnome_desktop_version 3.35.91
@@ -75,7 +73,7 @@ Requires:       gnome-bluetooth%{?_isa} >= %{gnome_bluetooth_version}
 Requires:       gnome-desktop3%{?_isa} >= %{gnome_desktop_version}
 %if 0%{?rhel} != 7
 # Disabled on RHEL 7 to allow logging into KDE session by default
-Requires:       gnome-session-xsession
+Recommends:     gnome-session-xsession
 %endif
 # wrapper script uses to restart old GNOME session if run --replace
 # from the command line
@@ -225,6 +223,15 @@ desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/evolution-calendar.de
 %{_mandir}/man1/gnome-shell.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 15 2021 Florian Müllner <fmuellner@redhat.com> - 40.0~rc-1
+- Update to 40.rc
+
+* Thu Mar 11 2021 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 40.0~beta-4.20210304git7a57528bd
+- Recommend gnome-session-xsession rather than hard-require it
+
+* Mon Mar 08 2021 Florian Müllner <fmuellner@redhat.com> - 40.0~beta-3.20210304git40.7a57528bd
+- Fix crash after launching apps via drag-and-drop
+
 * Thu Mar 04 2021 Florian Müllner <fmuellner@redhat.com> - 40.0~beta-2.20210304git40.7a57528bd
 - Build snapshot of current upstream
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 4354ae5..739dad7 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gnome-shell-40.beta-79-g7a57528bd.tar.xz) = 2886a18bf75fec069be00170f1f646ac0d06c8aeb0cc7f03b221c1c77490877cb2914391c0f2297a6b8b496e4fda292e89eaf65d8c660bcbe12f961d36adccb6
+SHA512 (gnome-shell-40.rc.tar.xz) = 9646cac912f3c6e7ae61c60cfb551a1be4c09fa6e3a2db2ca4e5ce117cac0f624a0c44cfd6ab551ab1e4e9e086856dca78347bec1bff3c05ed7741d15c55afd1