diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dba4b8d..e7327c4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@
 /yelp-tools-3.37.90.tar.xz
 /yelp-tools-3.38.0.tar.xz
 /yelp-tools-40.beta.tar.xz
+/yelp-tools-40.rc.tar.xz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 2b20ef2..02efcb0 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (yelp-tools-40.beta.tar.xz) = 9539ca88eb03c343596d398468331e814c948245a96f93cda7c7762d735ef0a8c95a067a89ab22dafc8d292b9c68e7123aa427fc4e8a8f61d13eafdfd2f0e5e9
+SHA512 (yelp-tools-40.rc.tar.xz) = 59006babc46dfff1cb32aa21c51ed565d8bec0df22b7dfa82df7befc3351bbf1c8d73c427b522de479670472f731d6fccae7faf0d093ac25504dcf7c6dcca7fb
diff --git a/yelp-tools.spec b/yelp-tools.spec
index bd3400f..1caea85 100644
--- a/yelp-tools.spec
+++ b/yelp-tools.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 %global tarball_version %%(echo %{version} | tr '~' '.')
 
 Name:          yelp-tools
-Version:       40~beta
-Release:       2%{?dist}
+Version:       40~rc
+Release:       1%{?dist}
 Summary:       Create, manage, and publish documentation for Yelp
 
 License:       GPLv2+
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ wraps things up in a developer-friendly way.
 %{_datadir}/aclocal/yelp.m4
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 15 2021 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 40~rc-1
+- Update to 40.rc
+
 * Tue Feb 23 2021 David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> - 40~beta-2
 - Add Requires on python3-lxml (#1932011)