diff --git a/0001-gs-update-monitor-No-notification-of-prepared-update.patch b/0001-gs-update-monitor-No-notification-of-prepared-update.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bbb2276..0000000
--- a/0001-gs-update-monitor-No-notification-of-prepared-update.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-From f6594bb461617a92801cfbe5dd4017898119b72d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Milan Crha <mcrha@redhat.com>
-Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 16:10:33 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] gs-update-monitor: No notification of prepared updates
-
-This is a regression in 44.beta, the job returns empty list of apps,
-because its existence only indicates success or failure. Due to that
-there was not recognized any online nor offline update, thus no notification
-was done afterwards. Check the app list used in the update job instead.
----
- src/gs-update-monitor.c | 8 +++++---
- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/gs-update-monitor.c b/src/gs-update-monitor.c
-index 6361ddbbb..b7ed2c344 100644
---- a/src/gs-update-monitor.c
-+++ b/src/gs-update-monitor.c
-@@ -486,8 +486,9 @@ download_finished_cb (GObject *object, GAsyncResult *res, gpointer user_data)
- 	g_autoptr(GsAppList) list = NULL;
- 	g_autoptr(GsAppList) update_online = NULL;
- 	g_autoptr(GsAppList) update_offline = NULL;
-+	GsAppList *job_apps;
- 
--	/* get result */
-+	/* the returned list is always empty, the existence indicates success */
- 	list = gs_plugin_loader_job_process_finish (plugin_loader, res, &error);
- 	if (list == NULL) {
- 		gs_plugin_loader_claim_job_error (plugin_loader,
-@@ -497,10 +498,11 @@ download_finished_cb (GObject *object, GAsyncResult *res, gpointer user_data)
- 		return;
- 	}
- 
-+	job_apps = gs_plugin_job_update_apps_get_apps (GS_PLUGIN_JOB_UPDATE_APPS (data->job));
- 	update_online = gs_app_list_new ();
- 	update_offline = gs_app_list_new ();
--	for (guint i = 0; i < gs_app_list_length (list); i++) {
--		GsApp *app = gs_app_list_index (list, i);
-+	for (guint i = 0; i < gs_app_list_length (job_apps); i++) {
-+		GsApp *app = gs_app_list_index (job_apps, i);
- 		if (_should_auto_update (app)) {
- 			g_debug ("auto-updating %s", gs_app_get_unique_id (app));
- 			gs_app_list_add (update_online, app);
--- 
-2.39.2
-
diff --git a/gnome-software.spec b/gnome-software.spec
index 0cd68f2..d525c64 100644
--- a/gnome-software.spec
+++ b/gnome-software.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 %global glib2_version 2.61.1
 %global gtk4_version 4.9.2
 %global json_glib_version 1.2.0
-%global libadwaita_version 1.3~alpha
+%global libadwaita_version 1.3.alpha
 %global libsoup_version 2.52.0
 %global libxmlb_version 0.1.7
 %global packagekit_version 1.1.1
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 %global __provides_exclude_from ^%{_libdir}/%{name}/plugins-%{gs_plugin_version}/.*\\.so.*$
 
 Name:      gnome-software
-Version:   44~beta
-Release:   2%{?dist}
+Version:   44~rc
+Release:   1%{?dist}
 Summary:   A software center for GNOME
 
 License:   GPL-2.0-or-later
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ URL:       https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Software
 Source0:   https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-software/44/%{name}-%{tarball_version}.tar.xz
 
 Patch01:   0001-crash-with-broken-theme.patch
-# https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/merge_requests/1635
-# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2172662
-# Fix update notifications
-Patch02:   0001-gs-update-monitor-No-notification-of-prepared-update.patch
 
 BuildRequires: docbook-style-xsl
 BuildRequires: desktop-file-utils
@@ -232,6 +228,9 @@ desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/*.desktop
 %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/gnome-software/
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Mar 03 2023 Milan Crha <mcrha@redhat.com> - 44~rc-1
+- Update to 44.rc
+
 * Thu Feb 23 2023 Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com> - 44~beta-2
 - Backport MR #1635 to fix update notifications
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 57a6efa..0ad486a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gnome-software-44.beta.tar.xz) = 0d5f65f513e10d2db2590a9f0a9a5f0eb911ef8ae3a823115cbbc79e08c347faa0f7d07bac3bab0e9fc26b32bc2e60e35b2c7263a9cffb89c5a4c156623657d7
+SHA512 (gnome-software-44.rc.tar.xz) = 15d40987a001af58dd0a671c8aa7399a1397a21bcd62ff5850e5dde4cee67cb64d53408492d8da0990cee301bf535b5c1954257d8dcbb0f49ba74ee1347ec843