diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ed2d364..a247182 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (systemd-254-rc2.tar.gz) = d19f6f709536475f200925d0a0711422878ecfebfd351a989bda98505926c0646cf18b00fb158249b51e8476b2e01754e0ed7f30fbbf775c3a99e819bcd16579
+SHA512 (systemd-254-rc3.tar.gz) = b4d0385b4e25bc3895f37480afea6a5e17dd900379e6c5f8882b8b3db26c56305642f270c139c8396fcc41d87e1a8c97b963d945cd3deb43c58f4eb2196cb0a3
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 0b74f82..5f8ad79 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 Name:           systemd
 Url:            https://systemd.io
 %if %{without inplace}
-Version:        254~rc2
+Version:        254~rc3
 %else
 # determine the build information from local checkout
 Version:        %(tools/meson-vcs-tag.sh . error | sed -r 's/-([0-9])/.^\1/; s/-g/_g/')