diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 83a9e8e..d5bf765 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (systemd-252-rc2.tar.gz) = f67703dcd03b300cddc2e8bfbeb843ef66ba0b0c548973797a920c1bed9e3a14a740e08936f7d906141da714bccbae0d4fcb47a7ce13e69c8a2f17d7928e218c
+SHA512 (systemd-252-rc3.tar.gz) = 3968f1df6eab12bb3fe9575e1bd9c87f7e1f45d22c404f250a0dc3e0da801cb089a5e4a1ebc9ef0e3b38c47d55db895eca3da419e757bc1e7f825d154e9b5468
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 1fa99e1..170d433 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
 Name:           systemd
 Url:            https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
 %if %{without inplace}
-Version:        252~rc2
+Version:        252~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/')
 %endif
-Release:        %autorelease -b 28
+Release:        %autorelease
 
 # For a breakdown of the licensing, see README
 License:        LGPLv2+ and MIT and GPLv2+