diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ffaf9f8..83a9e8e 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (systemd-252-rc1.tar.gz) = e249eb39da41aca1bc371c9e2b61f135227b0653e4e175c4c6453b0ca4e1cd50894c005d4ef267b5122af4f339cd9b5a4b90a98c4f84f998f96a7ca1ed637d28
+SHA512 (systemd-252-rc2.tar.gz) = f67703dcd03b300cddc2e8bfbeb843ef66ba0b0c548973797a920c1bed9e3a14a740e08936f7d906141da714bccbae0d4fcb47a7ce13e69c8a2f17d7928e218c
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 038cc30..1fa99e1 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~rc1
+Version:        252~rc2
 %else
 # determine the build information from local checkout
 Version:        %(tools/meson-vcs-tag.sh . error | sed -r 's/-([0-9])/.^\1/; s/-g/_g/')