diff --git a/_service b/_service
index 7932d91..b90b1da 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <param name="versionformat">@PARENT_TAG@</param>
     <param name="versionrewrite-pattern">v(.*)</param>
     <param name="url">https://github.com/wine-staging/wine-staging.git</param>
-    <param name="revision">refs/tags/v8.0-rc3</param>
+    <param name="revision">refs/tags/v8.0-rc4</param>
     <param name="match-tag">v*.*</param>
     <param name="scm">git</param>
   </service>
diff --git a/wine-8.0-rc3.tar.xz b/wine-8.0-rc3.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index 52b2d29..0000000
--- a/wine-8.0-rc3.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:e16302241195743554c3c5f0556d53f6d0ebeddc66ba339f58adccc83a421d89
-size 29039192
diff --git a/wine-8.0-rc3.tar.xz.sign b/wine-8.0-rc3.tar.xz.sign
deleted file mode 100644
index 9fbeb28..0000000
--- a/wine-8.0-rc3.tar.xz.sign
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
------BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
-
-iQIzBAABCgAdFiEE2iNXmnTUrZr50/lFzvrI6q8XUZ0FAmO5TGoACgkQzvrI6q8X
-UZ0+iA/+JJd98UgcXLLVrFfWWVR+clDr/HEX+8fc1X5NEVh+SjS8iS7bpJu67eIU
-SrJd7L0ahYol+6gS+KbpZB2wJDONkjH5ZPrizHhqtZRsTDa8qR4DskYAi62PLg+R
-1QAMoMOUkGb4P29pqy7cUsQEz5y7XWlcyAXVGaTolUXj1PnKwrjeNtbbli2wBgTr
-gYzWRMyR00d1PxvBn5C4xNkqK2Tq6tAzl/sZFZ6Lx16QHCvqjC8gCJ/+9cuAWxpi
-XsBgF7WNux/zouwwgBDAZc6S5XZQoDrwbwaxP6mX5xdRGnN54HSwkWKNOb+6lLVe
-M9nF4JFueFITJQv13FUJAk8LCKag5OT7vcCfx7n+n++WuF6eI03rN8iw5Fn7Io4g
-EFRwuT5EBUDWpahN3TIMMxBNalIZWl9x2gkj+BsaUk6f2K27AlHoowOlH81RQ6fs
-JmasG/jZJE5KRLtwDTpQY2knxZbEoXq01GhGzVmGc0xfe4uM4CpTUW/KPkormFpL
-+jK0ZvAu2LTobqZ0l5nOPnMEUmPAqUgCzfOQoEOPt7iz79VgMDbuSC6tnw5ewk+m
-Fi9snV4T8uNtjw4ZmTuyZBXQ7KlcTNiNs8ZYnm8hslvS6axQwehgzp2HNvxW713C
-IF0Nz8FKEoj4Tjpek0NOhMPCkqnDH2pN0VEI1f+6qLICtfR/KDo=
-=mGA2
------END PGP SIGNATURE-----
diff --git a/wine-8.0-rc4.tar.xz b/wine-8.0-rc4.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..435dac4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wine-8.0-rc4.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:26ecd6ae3892b3057d931f50fcc699d5803831de758df5593e037dbb53f77ea3
+size 29041652
diff --git a/wine-8.0-rc4.tar.xz.sign b/wine-8.0-rc4.tar.xz.sign
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f247fb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wine-8.0-rc4.tar.xz.sign
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
+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+=bJ5X
+-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
diff --git a/wine-staging-8.0-rc3.tar.xz b/wine-staging-8.0-rc3.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index 75057f0..0000000
--- a/wine-staging-8.0-rc3.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:0db3588328495536712ef4cad89421cf9223115d4878358b222bb6c0045b5069
-size 7251816
diff --git a/wine-staging-8.0-rc4.tar.xz b/wine-staging-8.0-rc4.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5977a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wine-staging-8.0-rc4.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:fe37caa8406319229396dbe355268e7b6e31b44236666d0e61145d2a8ef595f7
+size 7246660
diff --git a/wine.changes b/wine.changes
index 3d358ab..503a328 100644
--- a/wine.changes
+++ b/wine.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Jan 14 09:17:47 UTC 2023 - Marcus Meissner <meissner@suse.com>
+
+- updated to 8.0 rc4 release candidate
+  - Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.
+- update staging to 8.0 rc4 release
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jan  7 13:29:56 UTC 2023 - Marcus Meissner <meissner@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/wine.spec b/wine.spec
index 19edf08..07f7500 100644
--- a/wine.spec
+++ b/wine.spec
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 %endif
 
 # needs to be on top due to usage of %version macro below
-%define realver 8.0-rc3
-Version:        8.0~rc3
+%define realver 8.0-rc4
+Version:        8.0~rc4
 Release:        0
 
 %if "%{flavor}" != ""
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 ExclusiveArch:  %{ix86} x86_64 ppc armv7l armv7hl aarch64
 %if %{staging}
 # upstream patch target version
-%define staging_version 8.0-rc3
+%define staging_version 8.0-rc4
 Source100:      wine-staging-%{staging_version}.tar.xz
 BuildRequires:  gtk3-devel
 BuildRequires:  libOSMesa-devel