diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8e8d9b9..d34a8bf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -198,3 +198,5 @@ libsepol-2.0.41.tgz
 /libsepol-3.7.tar.gz.asc
 /libsepol-3.8-rc1.tar.gz
 /libsepol-3.8-rc1.tar.gz.asc
+/libsepol-3.8-rc3.tar.gz
+/libsepol-3.8-rc3.tar.gz.asc
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 6e4e4ed..c314eb3 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+* 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
+- SELinux userspace 3.8-rc1 release
 
 * Tue Nov 12 2024 Vit Mojzis <vmojzis@redhat.com> - 3.7-4
 - cil: Check that sym_index is within bounds (RHEL-34823)
diff --git a/libsepol.spec b/libsepol.spec
index 74985d7..200610d 100644
--- a/libsepol.spec
+++ b/libsepol.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 Summary: SELinux binary policy manipulation library
 Name: libsepol
 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/libsepol-%{version}-rc1.tar.gz
-Source1: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/releases/download/%{version}-rc1/libsepol-%{version}-rc1.tar.gz.asc
+Source0: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/releases/download/%{version}-rc3/libsepol-%{version}-rc3.tar.gz
+Source1: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/releases/download/%{version}-rc3/libsepol-%{version}-rc3.tar.gz.asc
 Source2: https://github.com/bachradsusi.gpg
 URL: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki
 # $ git clone https://github.com/fedora-selinux/selinux.git
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ The libsepol-utils package contains the utilities
 
 %prep
 %{gpgverify} --keyring='%{SOURCE2}' --signature='%{SOURCE1}' --data='%{SOURCE0}'
-%autosetup -p 2 -n libsepol-%{version}-rc1
+%autosetup -p 2 -n libsepol-%{version}-rc3
 
 # sparc64 is an -fPIC arch, so we need to fix it here
 %ifarch sparc64
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index d8ffd54..dd798a1 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (libsepol-3.8-rc1.tar.gz) = ef11e4b107dd25c7d9a9a63ec00eba50dbc589e4e6233be89ef500fe9ccea7e82ebfabb11190741cc4cc49d1f59d23773ce49a4d80ec8b26c61aaa9aa0db5269
-SHA512 (libsepol-3.8-rc1.tar.gz.asc) = 543e2d2e792d9973851543559b9995f9815032a1db1ce8e5a77aa96d0ed13a979aec054de489d9741065ca813a9e7148d68533d188a9e88ea62fded7b3d456e3
+SHA512 (libsepol-3.8-rc3.tar.gz) = b94366fe7aef887fcdd98338118f106c38d5297b2f3516d5551b88d51f2990a50b379ce240f7e21c3e6fe7ce4d2c556e35b4efc8d41a0547bfc7f4264df9fe89
+SHA512 (libsepol-3.8-rc3.tar.gz.asc) = 70450f32c6eda4810f2f424725a0a4c4e849f38d930dd173627e55440de30e3d509a7fd56f79415ea8735983b894cd72a9aa3f3e909b0b00f1d772211e1da348