diff --git a/_service b/_service
index d3740bd..c20d13a 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <services>
   <service name="cargo_vendor" mode="manual">
     <param name="compression">xz</param>
-    <param name="srcdir">parsec-1.3.0</param>
+    <param name="srcdir">parsec-1.4.0-rc1</param>
     <param name="update">true</param>
   </service>
   <service name="cargo_audit" mode="manual">
-     <param name="srcdir">parsec-1.3.0</param>
+     <param name="srcdir">parsec-1.4.0-rc1</param>
   </service>
 </services>
diff --git a/cargo_config b/cargo_config
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fb4ff4..0000000
--- a/cargo_config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-[source.crates-io]
-replace-with = "vendored-sources"
-
-[source.vendored-sources]
-directory = "vendor"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/parsec-1.3.0.tar.gz b/parsec-1.3.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index ef87803..0000000
--- a/parsec-1.3.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:253cf74ae929ae613124ea9bcc7182f239d9cb1d013277b53e9390613d79b0ad
-size 940247
diff --git a/parsec-1.4.0-rc2.tar.gz b/parsec-1.4.0-rc2.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39456b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parsec-1.4.0-rc2.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:372a5015ed17686c522e9c54c08e65c176070071d60ebd9f38561928a529bee6
+size 953444
diff --git a/parsec.changes b/parsec.changes
index c6d9a85..9179233 100644
--- a/parsec.changes
+++ b/parsec.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar 28 15:23:19 UTC 2024 - Guillaume GARDET <guillaume.gardet@opensuse.org>
+
+- Update to 1.4.0-rc2:
+  * Full changelog: https://github.com/parallaxsecond/parsec/compare/1.3.0...1.4.0-rc2
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Oct 30 08:40:35 UTC 2023 - Guillaume GARDET <guillaume.gardet@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/parsec.spec b/parsec.spec
index bab7bad..00ea268 100644
--- a/parsec.spec
+++ b/parsec.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package parsec
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -17,18 +17,17 @@
 
 
 %global rustflags '-Clink-arg=-Wl,-z,relro,-z,now'
-%define archive_version 1.3.0
+%define archive_version 1.4.0-rc2
 
 %{?systemd_ordering}
 Name:           parsec
-Version:        1.3.0
+Version:        1.4.0~rc2
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Platform AbstRaction for SECurity
 License:        Apache-2.0
 URL:            https://parallaxsecond.github.io/parsec-book
 Source0:        https://github.com/parallaxsecond/parsec/archive/%{archive_version}.tar.gz#/parsec-%{archive_version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        vendor.tar.xz
-Source2:        cargo_config
 Source3:        parsec.service
 Source4:        config.toml
 Source5:        parsec.conf
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ BuildRequires:  sysuser-tools
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(tss2-esys) >= 2.3.3
 # opensc is used to initialize HSM keys (PKCS#11 backend)
 Recommends:     opensc
-%sysusers_requires
 # /dev/tpm* are owned by tss user
 Requires(pre):  system-user-tss
 # tpm2-0-tss holds the udev rule to make /dev/tpm* owned by tss user
@@ -67,12 +65,17 @@ a common API to hardware security and cryptographic services in a platform-agnos
 This abstraction layer keeps workloads decoupled from physical platform details,
 enabling cloud-native delivery flows within the data center and at the edge.
 
+%package -n system-user-parsec
+Summary:        System user and group parsec
+%sysusers_requires
+
+%description -n system-user-parsec
+Package to install system user 'parsec'
+
 %prep
 %setup -q -a1 -a10 -n parsec-%{archive_version}
 rmdir trusted-services-vendor
 mv trusted-services-389b506 trusted-services-vendor
-rm -rf .cargo && mkdir .cargo
-cp %{SOURCE2} .cargo/config
 # Enable all providers
 sed -i -e 's#default = \["unix-peer-credentials-authenticator"\]##' Cargo.toml
 # Features available in 1.2.0-rc1:
@@ -116,7 +119,7 @@ export PROTOC=%{_bindir}/protoc
 export PROTOC_INCLUDE=%{_includedir}
 %cargo_test -- --lib
 
-%pre -f parsec.pre
+%pre -n system-user-parsec -f parsec.pre
 %service_add_pre parsec.service
 
 %post
@@ -138,6 +141,8 @@ export PROTOC_INCLUDE=%{_includedir}
 %{_libexecdir}/parsec
 %{_tmpfilesdir}/parsec.conf
 %{_unitdir}/parsec.service
+
+%files -n system-user-parsec
 %{_sysusersdir}/system-user-parsec.conf
 
 %changelog
diff --git a/vendor.tar.xz b/vendor.tar.xz
index 8e04baa..7a3fd8b 100644
--- a/vendor.tar.xz
+++ b/vendor.tar.xz
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:ebe8ff9ef9a6c320c26bb08e69dd10b86de24cb55bc82fec65c3e608b00cf141
-size 48104864
+oid sha256:d9288687a3eda0398e454d00596d79b1bd8d67aa6e3564d7dabbedf532ece815
+size 52351056