diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eca22c2..bb5bda7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 /gnome-text-editor-43.1.tar.xz
 /gnome-text-editor-44.alpha.tar.xz
 /gnome-text-editor-44.beta.tar.xz
+/gnome-text-editor-44.rc.tar.xz
diff --git a/gnome-text-editor.spec b/gnome-text-editor.spec
index bf02cc3..6ba3f2b 100644
--- a/gnome-text-editor.spec
+++ b/gnome-text-editor.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 %global tarball_version %%(echo %{version} | tr '~' '.')
 
 Name:		gnome-text-editor
-Version:	44~beta
+Version:	44~rc
 Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	A simple text editor for the GNOME desktop
 
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/org.gnome.TextEditor.
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Mar 04 2023 David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> - 44~rc-1
+- Update to 44.rc
+
 * Thu Feb 16 2023 David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> - 44~beta-1
 - Update to 44.beta
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 394a9fc..4d19e48 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gnome-text-editor-44.beta.tar.xz) = 04b9ae3db23177ef43579366e454f78117967e4b4d15a0c170d9e20800b84e4cd4d8532cacaabce612341d51f5b244dc75b0655c5627600644b65d1ea4f73b63
+SHA512 (gnome-text-editor-44.rc.tar.xz) = d704b32f6c83493cf17ea4afa7720ebd346f3667e780a1ed01425b8246930c23f2e078c8bc62ca65e00598d316da71da8baf057f2e13977dfd4789005e2a0b73