diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5110731..ef9552f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -50,3 +50,5 @@ mcstrans-0.3.1.tgz
 /mcstrans-3.7.tar.gz.asc
 /mcstrans-3.8-rc1.tar.gz
 /mcstrans-3.8-rc1.tar.gz.asc
+/mcstrans-3.8-rc3.tar.gz
+/mcstrans-3.8-rc3.tar.gz.asc
diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index bcc9105..1ff0b5f 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
+
 * Fri Nov 29 2024 Petr Lautrbach <lautrbach@redhat.com> - 3.8-0.rc1.1
 - SELinux userspace 3.8-rc1 release
 
diff --git a/mcstrans.spec b/mcstrans.spec
index 90eb0d5..292c1b0 100644
--- a/mcstrans.spec
+++ b/mcstrans.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 Summary: SELinux Translation Daemon
 Name: mcstrans
 Version: 3.8
-Release: 0.rc1.1%{?dist}
+Release: 0.rc3.1%{?dist}
 License: GPL-2.0-or-later
 Url: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki
-Source0: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/releases/download/%{version}-rc1/mcstrans-%{version}-rc1.tar.gz
-Source1: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/releases/download/%{version}-rc1/mcstrans-%{version}-rc1.tar.gz.asc
+Source0: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/releases/download/%{version}-rc3/mcstrans-%{version}-rc3.tar.gz
+Source1: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/releases/download/%{version}-rc3/mcstrans-%{version}-rc3.tar.gz.asc
 Source2: https://github.com/bachradsusi.gpg
 Source3: secolor.conf.8
 # fedora-selinux/selinux: git format-patch -N 3.8 -- mcstrans
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ from internal representations to user defined representation.
 
 %prep
 %{gpgverify} --keyring='%{SOURCE2}' --signature='%{SOURCE1}' --data='%{SOURCE0}'
-%autosetup -p 2 -n mcstrans-%{version}-rc1
+%autosetup -p 2 -n mcstrans-%{version}-rc3
 
 %build
 %set_build_flags
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 97cc18a..1fe4486 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (mcstrans-3.8-rc1.tar.gz) = 1653b9dbefd79c747ec5bec85455ae5148c30c181d7bddbddbb1101136db9ab90f270230406ab032014695f7359395787fea3b06bfe81d2b2347b27299ebfb71
-SHA512 (mcstrans-3.8-rc1.tar.gz.asc) = f261499bf2b296de3680feca8f70a36c0395871a21970cd7fa221dfc3ca846ec86b9dcf02b366e898344c03be4968ee5d52cb2544062bc956cf6998317b6a250
+SHA512 (mcstrans-3.8-rc3.tar.gz) = 1958bd4e7304c7e2bcd1cb09b489688a7c71f546199d02cd7e2919743b773aa4198336c6b0fbc20a3eb59d07c37a7f9b6e970fac03eb53faaa36f1d105cdf59f
+SHA512 (mcstrans-3.8-rc3.tar.gz.asc) = 903d078ba53bb46d5d6bb3d73fee1e18021a3ea6a654702bdee0d63f70a1f3fc52b487aa4f7d0b9a00d9fd260b99af516e9866ed1738a3fd4676b53feb2c7ec2