diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fc1e0dc..2ff24c3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@
 /libfabric-1.15.1.tar.bz2
 /libfabric-1.15.2.tar.bz2
 /libfabric-1.16.1.tar.bz2
+/libfabric-1.17.0rc2.tar.bz2
diff --git a/libfabric.spec b/libfabric.spec
index 6131669..78f211a 100644
--- a/libfabric.spec
+++ b/libfabric.spec
@@ -6,16 +6,13 @@
 %endif
  
 Name:           libfabric
-Version:        1.16.1
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Version:        1.17.0
+Release:        0.1.rc2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Open Fabric Interfaces
 
 License:        BSD or GPLv2
 URL:            https://github.com/ofiwg/libfabric
-Source0:        https://github.com/ofiwg/%{name}/releases/download/v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
-# Upstream patch to fix deadlock with no network
-# https://github.com/ofiwg/libfabric/pull/8227
-Patch0:         https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/ofiwg/libfabric/pull/8227.patch
+Source0:        https://github.com/ofiwg/%{name}/releases/download/v%{version}rc2/%{name}-%{version}rc2.tar.bz2
 
 %if %{__remake_config}
 BuildRequires:  automake
@@ -63,7 +60,7 @@ developing applications that use %{name}.
 
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -p1 -n %{name}-%{version}
+%autosetup -p1 -n %{name}-%{version}rc2
 
 %build
 %if %{__remake_config}
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 8cc07cd..e0e66b2 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (libfabric-1.16.1.tar.bz2) = 60ed3c419d6e352d84bf2973d6b95c22f512568456912cd376b5e3073fd4aeef5162aefa52473f5d7d4335c442f8d5e7269852a47b8d92d8deb8fd6c4193ad9d
+SHA512 (libfabric-1.17.0rc2.tar.bz2) = a1fb083860aa13f993f2eb59368287d012eb0eb15be3f8729d435ad81939a9e38613c0e5321b507a81018977f88c3a5611a3b1ffe89c3e39111ad919fdb8d265