diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1123492..a243d1e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1792,3 +1792,4 @@
 /v3.4.2.tar.gz
 /v3.4.3.tar.gz
 /v3.4.4.tar.gz
+/v4.0.0-rc1.tar.gz
diff --git a/podman.spec b/podman.spec
index 7111fb2..d6ff78b 100644
--- a/podman.spec
+++ b/podman.spec
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 %global commit_gvproxy 4ee84d66bd86668f011733d8873989b5862bcd07
 %global shortcommit_gvproxy %(c=%{commit_gvproxy}; echo ${c:0:7})
 
-%global built_tag v3.4.4
+%global built_tag v4.0.0-rc1
 %global built_tag_strip %(b=%{built_tag}; echo ${b:1})
 
 Name: podman
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ Epoch: 3
 %else
 Epoch: 0
 %endif
-Version: 3.4.4
+Version: 4.0.0
 # RELEASE TAG SHOULD ALWAYS BEGIN WITH A NUMBER
 # N.foo if released, 0.N.foo if unreleased
 # Rawhide almost always ships unreleased builds,
 # so release tag should be of the form 0.N.foo
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 0.1.rc1%{?dist}
 Summary: Manage Pods, Containers and Container Images
 License: ASL 2.0
 URL: https://%{name}.io/
@@ -685,6 +685,9 @@ exit 0
 
 # rhcontainerbot account currently managed by lsm5
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 10 2022 RH Container Bot <rhcontainerbot@fedoraproject.org> - 3:4.0.0-0.1.rc1
+- autobuilt v4.0.0-rc1
+
 * Wed Dec 08 2021 RH Container Bot <rhcontainerbot@fedoraproject.org> - 3:3.4.4-1
 - autobuilt v3.4.4
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 480888b..ecaddc3 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 SHA512 (dnsname-18822f9.tar.gz) = de371722fbf18cd23b31485ee7ba36bb41d0d9a932d15e50872989c3ca1ff7246da63143c3725d81089fadda3821a54c18b22150d9d16005b07df6824f5f71f8
 SHA512 (gvisor-tap-vsock-4ee84d6.tar.gz) = 6b0e97f25f0c9ec0f018edcf9c1801daaeacc4d97d05cc2b453467e071c50693bb44d483bac34e64e0c9de71e78e47810a7c46d028553adee9fd6f593df8eb1a
 SHA512 (podman-machine-cni-0749884.tar.gz) = fe5f6a69118c0d3475c76c61bf1b50f1d5772fe9a4d20b23e59010e72f8cbd7fb7d4091ce8ab43af8becf77e5234b63191e3e01932f30f8386235822de2e42f4
-SHA512 (v3.4.4.tar.gz) = cfd295bf50ce86ea70741c3e663b409ed47b1e560c962bc579f319151a0fe2b24cdd3045667660083cce89449a9c5de1508c94a9a02375165a72ce7c16166666
+SHA512 (v4.0.0-rc1.tar.gz) = 3ccfa54742f969b26984c43508d4dca777f2bb32157a03501bfe85c971b2bdf3cc6abf9b3da1b39a17afc94eca7bda415dd2bfbc2e69153c9db83c779c45214e