diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 704ea14..ed2d364 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (systemd-254-rc1.tar.gz) = 84124f4f861e17734bb07e235135cb20d8a2092de6f779ff71dccf93844e7b972304660193aa14834b74a64e29af9b3f70b342aac645aa36230e5cc2462d6d77
+SHA512 (systemd-254-rc2.tar.gz) = d19f6f709536475f200925d0a0711422878ecfebfd351a989bda98505926c0646cf18b00fb158249b51e8476b2e01754e0ed7f30fbbf775c3a99e819bcd16579
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index 6444e58..1c92b17 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 Name:           systemd
 Url:            https://systemd.io
 %if %{without inplace}
-Version:        254~rc1
+Version:        254~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/')