diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cceb1b0..76f9c77 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -167,3 +167,5 @@ libsemanage-2.0.45.tgz
 /libsemanage-3.7.tar.gz.asc
 /libsemanage-3.8-rc1.tar.gz
 /libsemanage-3.8-rc1.tar.gz.asc
+/libsemanage-3.8-rc3.tar.gz
+/libsemanage-3.8-rc3.tar.gz.asc
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 958ef40..d4be79d 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+* Wed Dec 18 2024 Petr Lautrbach <lautrbach@redhat.com> - 3.8-0.rc3.1
+- SELinux userspace 3.8-rc3 release
+
 * Thu Dec 05 2024 Petr Lautrbach <lautrbach@redhat.com> - 3.8-0.rc1.1
 - SELinux userspace 3.8-rc1 release
 
diff --git a/libsemanage.spec b/libsemanage.spec
index c055a34..039c595 100644
--- a/libsemanage.spec
+++ b/libsemanage.spec
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-%define libsepolver 3.8-0
-%define libselinuxver 3.8-0
+%define libsepolver 3.8-0.rc3
+%define libselinuxver 3.8-0.rc3
 
 Summary: SELinux binary policy manipulation library
 Name: libsemanage
 Version: 3.8
-Release: 0.rc1.1%{?dist}
+Release: 0.rc3.1%{?dist}
 License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
-Source0: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/releases/download/%{version}-rc1/libsemanage-%{version}-rc1.tar.gz
-Source1: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/releases/download/%{version}-rc1/libsemanage-%{version}-rc1.tar.gz.asc
+Source0: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/releases/download/%{version}-rc3/libsemanage-%{version}-rc3.tar.gz
+Source1: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/releases/download/%{version}-rc3/libsemanage-%{version}-rc3.tar.gz.asc
 Source2: https://github.com/bachradsusi.gpg
 # git format-patch -N 3.8 -- libsemanage
 # i=1; for j in 00*patch; do printf "Patch%04d: %s\n" $i $j; i=$((i+1));done
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ SELinux management applications.
 
 %prep
 %{gpgverify} --keyring='%{SOURCE2}' --signature='%{SOURCE1}' --data='%{SOURCE0}'
-%autosetup -p 2 -n libsemanage-%{version}-rc1
+%autosetup -p 2 -n libsemanage-%{version}-rc3
 
 
 %build
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index dd9632a..d4f82b2 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (libsemanage-3.8-rc1.tar.gz) = c97a4fe0d66c04d00f00e84ad4fc2b41b90607a9e84519a443d13d0e50ab4393e93c1f9da23bd24f14524eb5096ec315374d5047fafa01a92f546d34cec4fa56
-SHA512 (libsemanage-3.8-rc1.tar.gz.asc) = 8552f32c49634d1b4ff7edaa417f5edc27af40141234ff2cac5d8219607d9c5c672bd4e34a67a9fdd9c6f96e7d35cfc6b911e23cdf6b8bf7a3d8f356849c76cb
+SHA512 (libsemanage-3.8-rc3.tar.gz) = f55fbd198ae2c12858b4cdf257bc6afb625cdc4c69a84d392c541e9b2137c36c56fde9311de40dcdef7db16094387c775788406d26e940762dfaeff4694e2728
+SHA512 (libsemanage-3.8-rc3.tar.gz.asc) = f4c440b25782709e0a534e84f001387234680df44b6dd712fa73db7d5fdf4955d116e92dabf23b34e1eb3fa2053cd8cf7a1188d62317ce258583132adbf18054