diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a867bc9..608a92f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1813,3 +1813,4 @@
 /v4.2.0-rc3.tar.gz
 /v4.2.0.tar.gz
 /v4.2.1.tar.gz
+/v4.3.0-rc1.tar.gz
diff --git a/podman.spec b/podman.spec
index 9ecac85..ad0b408 100644
--- a/podman.spec
+++ b/podman.spec
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@
 %global git_gvproxy https://%{import_path_gvproxy}
 %global commit_gvproxy fdc231ae7b8fe1aec4cf0b8777274fa21b70d789
 
-%global built_tag_strip 4.2.1
+%global built_tag_strip 4.3.0-rc1
 
 Name: podman
 Epoch: 4
-Version: 4.2.1
+Version: 4.3.0~rc1
 %if "%{_vendor}" == "debbuild"
 Packager: Podman Debbuild Maintainers <https://github.com/orgs/containers/teams/podman-debbuild-maintainers>
 License: ASL-2.0+ and BSD and ISC and MIT and MPLv2.0
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 8bbf537..b24c663 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 SHA512 (dnsname-18822f9a4fb35d1349eb256f4cd2bfd372474d84.tar.gz) = de371722fbf18cd23b31485ee7ba36bb41d0d9a932d15e50872989c3ca1ff7246da63143c3725d81089fadda3821a54c18b22150d9d16005b07df6824f5f71f8
 SHA512 (gvisor-tap-vsock-fdc231ae7b8fe1aec4cf0b8777274fa21b70d789.tar.gz) = 9441a6b0dc64961994ec9c268ad81916c4b88bf5c508c32dc6b0f68a993dc0c57c92304bfaa525aafe6445107314fc6954a65dbfb53432450ac0076d7d68c1ba
-SHA512 (v4.2.1.tar.gz) = a8a6e3228c1cb6860bb27515bd081b5c395a17bd69fab8797758b84631d08d2389e554621080e66ecc04818c1c4d132ea6ed0edfedcfea6d7886a70ebc95297d
+SHA512 (v4.3.0-rc1.tar.gz) = d85a871e63cef76a83bc386a5f62621307c04aaf29d7d739139b77063da83d00cbf68740717d4b6347774df781bd2bd9eb14b74ced15b09e85f04e1b380e9292