diff --git a/sources b/sources
index d5bf765..728cdb1 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (systemd-252-rc3.tar.gz) = 3968f1df6eab12bb3fe9575e1bd9c87f7e1f45d22c404f250a0dc3e0da801cb089a5e4a1ebc9ef0e3b38c47d55db895eca3da419e757bc1e7f825d154e9b5468
+SHA512 (systemd-252.tar.gz) = c9a5f4e3d11cf6a73b0f0d34f7e8f380b9b39bd4e8dd540affcba2eb24b777943f90662eb6ca2bd24276eb5d502312fcc2f097ec242ed1ca79603dbbde19ec7f
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 170d433..9fe8062 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 Name:           systemd
 Url:            https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
 %if %{without inplace}
-Version:        252~rc3
+Version:        252
 %else
 # determine the build information from local checkout
 Version:        %(tools/meson-vcs-tag.sh . error | sed -r 's/-([0-9])/.^\1/; s/-g/_g/')