diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9c810a6..43767a6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -173,3 +173,5 @@ libsemanage-2.0.45.tgz
 /libsemanage-3.8.tar.gz.asc
 /libsemanage-3.8.1.tar.gz
 /libsemanage-3.8.1.tar.gz.asc
+/libsemanage-3.9-rc2.tar.gz
+/libsemanage-3.9-rc2.tar.gz.asc
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index dff6f3a..1fe6038 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+* Fri Jul 04 2025 Petr Lautrbach <lautrbach@redhat.com> - 3.9-0.rc2.1
+- SELinux userspace 3.9-rc2 release
+
 * Thu Mar 06 2025 Petr Lautrbach <lautrbach@redhat.com> - 3.8.1-1
 - SELinux userspace 3.8.1 release
 - improve performance of semanage store rebuild (RHEL-81707)
diff --git a/libsemanage.spec b/libsemanage.spec
index 08a0dce..66db72f 100644
--- a/libsemanage.spec
+++ b/libsemanage.spec
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-%define libsepolver 3.8-1
-%define libselinuxver 3.8-1
+%define libsepolver 3.9-0
+%define libselinuxver 3.9-0
 
 Summary: SELinux binary policy manipulation library
 Name: libsemanage
-Version: 3.8.1
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Version: 3.9
+Release: 0.rc2.1%{?dist}
 License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
-Source0: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/releases/download/%{version}/libsemanage-%{version}.tar.gz
-Source1: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/releases/download/%{version}/libsemanage-%{version}.tar.gz.asc
+Source0: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/releases/download/%{version}-rc2/libsemanage-%{version}-rc2.tar.gz
+Source1: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/releases/download/%{version}-rc2/libsemanage-%{version}-rc2.tar.gz.asc
 Source2: https://github.com/bachradsusi.gpg
-# git format-patch -N 3.8 -- libsemanage
+# git format-patch -N 3.9-rc2 -- libsemanage
 # i=1; for j in 00*patch; do printf "Patch%04d: %s\n" $i $j; i=$((i+1));done
 # Patch list start
 # Patch list end
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ SELinux management applications.
 
 %prep
 %{gpgverify} --keyring='%{SOURCE2}' --signature='%{SOURCE1}' --data='%{SOURCE0}'
-%autosetup -p 2 -n libsemanage-%{version}
+%autosetup -p 2 -n libsemanage-%{version}-rc2
 
 
 %build
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index c3522a9..d87e9fe 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (libsemanage-3.8.1.tar.gz) = ac3729ba4934a48a33e082af35baa9e25e6806855afb0f0e4e22aa67be201518c3d4933b8cf4dec83e5acbe178301276f51850bb1b16bc13e027a470ac7f1eb5
-SHA512 (libsemanage-3.8.1.tar.gz.asc) = b21cf3e0a5e28ddddaaded81fc00080d13a8aaac44357bf980fa1c28899e50e0791b66f407eaffd6ce0719caee356e02e576947949cf5cb34665fe0bb90f7108
+SHA512 (libsemanage-3.9-rc2.tar.gz) = f51c693f78aa56c7fb71b3aa632b5de0745262ace905af1b6f611ce565c390919b35305dc18f938cb431d9b2a96dc19cd91a230a840e00af8e0725fd454a0a65
+SHA512 (libsemanage-3.9-rc2.tar.gz.asc) = 5ef8f0bc4f38463d6d0590ca4c0b9233ab05778ad41b70f4ac1fc853c43504a9447fccf16ba4ffb603b561e4f935e28983ec874b6b9ad64c02a171ee5c0db41d