diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f55b1d8..dcf49fc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -323,3 +323,5 @@ samba-3.6.0pre1.tar.gz
 /samba-4.18.0rc2.tar.asc
 /samba-4.18.0rc3.tar.xz
 /samba-4.18.0rc3.tar.asc
+/samba-4.18.0rc4.tar.xz
+/samba-4.18.0rc4.tar.asc
diff --git a/samba.spec b/samba.spec
index 53f3a83..2f68413 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 4.18.0
-%global baserelease 7
+%global baserelease 8
 # This should be rc1 or %%nil
-%global pre_release rc3
+%global pre_release rc4
 
 %global samba_release %{baserelease}
 %if "x%{?pre_release}" != "x"
@@ -4336,6 +4336,9 @@ fi
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 01 2023 Guenther Deschner <gdeschner@redhat.com> - 4.18.0rc4-8
+- resolves: #2174415 - Update to version 4.18.0rc4
+
 * Tue Feb 28 2023 Andreas Schneider <asn@redhat.com> - 4.18.0-0.7.rc3
 - resolves: #2173619 - Add missing Requires for glibc-gconv-extra
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index bc6a0db..f683831 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (samba-4.18.0rc3.tar.xz) = ebcb183e4e823a6f4c7d6d483d4efd1e6da8cf5bce1d685bba7c80c7d2392ed909ab8fc14dd7f74aa10c0d1ad1e96830413bb001b4c8add8ee70f073175aab81
-SHA512 (samba-4.18.0rc3.tar.asc) = 178959b7e361655037534fd3d11648c7b5636e65547d85d2b8090a1e79a7580ac61ff35553aff1054b6031f49ad48096538a49e26f714d3ea10c493303910b91
+SHA512 (samba-4.18.0rc4.tar.xz) = f0231ffaecc4264766d5bd8569fc7ca7c8821f31999931b4d94d4228955221567a14cf9df8cda9a2bf833f375b0a9b414ec3a804e2ca9f5088ef60e982f775fa
+SHA512 (samba-4.18.0rc4.tar.asc) = 343b61f33381d026a724faf0f06110b5fa173f626db2e5263ad991ca97bcc1314aa2124694dda4e7f1aca31b8f7bcb3fd20222b42aad20b51a3579cdba194303