diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 37682a2..6c3f02b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -164,3 +164,4 @@ libsepol-2.0.41.tgz
 /libsepol-2.2.tgz
 /libsepol-2.3.tgz
 /libsepol-2.4.tar.gz
+/libsepol-2.5-rc1.tar.gz
diff --git a/libsepol.spec b/libsepol.spec
index d791b92..4b271b1 100644
--- a/libsepol.spec
+++ b/libsepol.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 Summary: SELinux binary policy manipulation library 
 Name: libsepol
-Version: 2.4
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Version: 2.5
+Release: 0.99.rc1.1%{?dist}
 License: LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
-Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/SELinuxProject/selinux/files/releases/20150202/libsepol-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/SELinuxProject/selinux/files/releases/20160107/libsepol-2.5-rc1.tar.gz
 URL: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki
 BuildRequires: flex
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ The libsepol-static package contains the static libraries and header files
 needed for developing applications that manipulate binary policies. 
 
 %prep
-%setup -q
+%setup -q -n libsepol-2.5-rc1
 
 # sparc64 is an -fPIC arch, so we need to fix it here
 %ifarch sparc64
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ exit 0
 %{_libdir}/libsepol.so.1
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jan 08 2016 Petr Lautrbach <plautrba@redhat.com> 2.5-0.99.rc1.1
+- Update to upstream rc1 release 2016-01-07
+
 * Tue Aug 25 2015 Michal Srb <msrb@redhat.com> - 2.4-3
 - Improve compatibility with Python 3 SWIG bindings
 - Resolves: rhbz#1247714
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 1625a39..e81a3e9 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8a75d27acf17af1911797e6b12986b50  libsepol-2.4.tar.gz
+a433304df9435014d0842920e2e683fb  libsepol-2.5-rc1.tar.gz