diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cb83d82..aa5ec6b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -299,3 +299,5 @@ samba-3.6.0pre1.tar.gz
 /samba-4.16.4.tar.asc
 /samba-4.17.0rc1.tar.xz
 /samba-4.17.0rc1.tar.asc
+/samba-4.17.0rc2.tar.xz
+/samba-4.17.0rc2.tar.asc
diff --git a/samba.spec b/samba.spec
index c803220..925bcc1 100644
--- a/samba.spec
+++ b/samba.spec
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@
 %define samba_requires_eq()  %(LC_ALL="C" echo '%*' | xargs -r rpm -q --qf 'Requires: %%{name} = %%{epoch}:%%{version}\\n' | sed -e 's/ (none):/ /' -e 's/ 0:/ /' | grep -v "is not")
 
 %global samba_version 4.17.0
-%global baserelease 1
+%global baserelease 2
 # This should be rc1 or %%nil
-%global pre_release rc1
+%global pre_release rc2
 
 %global samba_release %{baserelease}
 %if "x%{?pre_release}" != "x"
@@ -4208,6 +4208,9 @@ fi
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Aug 17 2022 Guenther Deschner <gdeschner@redhat.com> - 4.17.0rc2-2
+- resolves: #2118818 - Update to version 4.17.0rc2
+
 * Wed Aug 10 2022 Andreas Schneider <asn@redhat.com> - 4.17.0rc1-1
 - Make sure we detect if SO version numbers of public libraries change.
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 70773ab..c7679e2 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (samba-4.17.0rc1.tar.xz) = e3ba692d9f8dd7e8c4d853b69a1fed2bdc1946610f62ec789018320ad666022aa07f52b80e8f3012d8a6de9373c2fc31f5c5758859eabe7e48b4f9f1b6aa302b
-SHA512 (samba-4.17.0rc1.tar.asc) = 2df0e15af5e60f7baa4415bf1f086dd266256a34ceb57e21cec5656b45d95bb801ad42c87f8910b1a97f3b0b9a90fd21519b78eaa5a1a842a1464d97ce9e283c
+SHA512 (samba-4.17.0rc2.tar.xz) = cacdfff9f04eb584769045262e3bfc51c32f11f1fde8c25d30fb65ab19af98d7e4742b9eb519241954d252d2f921d784b70411e1bcaa04c31482e4f6bcee4a8c
+SHA512 (samba-4.17.0rc2.tar.asc) = 3ad03e22726b3e7313be273ed1523c679237824f97788ab307cdf1b2219d5fabb021530c42cdbb10ed92cdfa7753d83a00ab9533047eeaec674b7043c70279d4