diff --git a/sources b/sources
index a247182..e5ebb36 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (systemd-254-rc3.tar.gz) = b4d0385b4e25bc3895f37480afea6a5e17dd900379e6c5f8882b8b3db26c56305642f270c139c8396fcc41d87e1a8c97b963d945cd3deb43c58f4eb2196cb0a3
+SHA512 (systemd-254.tar.gz) = 84b4d16980fe2e64d5c3c95b9b4fbaad1076f368f493fdd745cbafbe7ce825293384f5fa0b6360ba8188da23c4575e87402fb666a3b71f84ff8b323aba0c07ff
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 5f8ad79..81bd3ae 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 Name:           systemd
 Url:            https://systemd.io
 %if %{without inplace}
-Version:        254~rc3
+Version:        254
 %else
 # determine the build information from local checkout
 Version:        %(tools/meson-vcs-tag.sh . error | sed -r 's/-([0-9])/.^\1/; s/-g/_g/')