diff --git a/sources b/sources
index c30dd34..a2bd4e2 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (systemd-257-rc2.tar.gz) = 31e4e01a2df738fddbe609ffcff97452ddaa0829521f063b981e628c4616d77ced32bcf29fdfb5cd68562d774627ab25e854156eade249bad31d968be31b2efd
+SHA512 (systemd-257-rc3.tar.gz) = 28235d685187a2dc1534d0cea6b4ccba7965316aa8023a656301dd1c555366b65ce227f7a2d05cf8a6c03e3a5ef65280f6b32d99b67eb3111781583b00ba31c8
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 0447dd5..891d905 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Name:           systemd
 Url:            https://systemd.io
 # Allow users to specify the version and release when building the rpm by 
 # setting the %%version_override and %%release_override macros.
-Version:        %{?version_override}%{!?version_override:257~rc2}
+Version:        %{?version_override}%{!?version_override:257~rc3}
 Release:        %autorelease
 
 %global stable %(c="%version"; [ "$c" = "${c#*.*}" ]; echo $?)