diff --git a/warewulf4-v4.5.0~rc1.tar.gz b/warewulf4-v4.5.0~rc1.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index eb5a9e0..0000000
--- a/warewulf4-v4.5.0~rc1.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:933e3b97c877736071ea38d7b7cfab54d8bd5f74b151c96ca712aea723bb2bb7
-size 16915084
diff --git a/warewulf4-v4.5.0~rc2.tar.gz b/warewulf4-v4.5.0~rc2.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88ca89a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/warewulf4-v4.5.0~rc2.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:49973066fcfd145019898b26f1d113cafdc7a60a422c33eb601f02181374f672
+size 6446895
diff --git a/warewulf4.changes b/warewulf4.changes
index b2a4915..a92e965 100644
--- a/warewulf4.changes
+++ b/warewulf4.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb 22 09:31:15 UTC 2024 - Christian Goll <cgoll@suse.com>
+
+- updated to 4.5.0rc2. This fixes:
+  * `wwctl node list` panics if a node uses a profile with a
+    network which isn't present on this node (bsc#1220189).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb 19 15:45:20 UTC 2024 - Christian Goll <cgoll@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/warewulf4.spec b/warewulf4.spec
index f5fc603..6c200a8 100644
--- a/warewulf4.spec
+++ b/warewulf4.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 %global vers 4.5.0
-%global rls_cndt rc1
+%global rls_cndt rc2
 %if "0%{?rls_cndt}" != "0"
 %global rls_char ~
 %endif
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ Source0:        https://github.com/warewulf/warewulf/releases/download/v%{vers}%
 Source5:        warewulf4-rpmlintrc
 Source10:       config-ww4.sh
 Source20:       README.dnsmasq
-#Patch12:        clean-warewulf-conf.patch
-#Patch15:        dnsmasq-template-move.patch
-#Conflicts:      warewulf4-slurm < %version
 
 # no firewalld in sle12
 %if 0%{?sle_version} >= 150000 || 0%{?suse_version} > 1500