diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 799171a..50135d9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ ParaView-3.8.1.tar.gz
 /ParaView-v5.1.2.tar.gz
 /ParaView-v5.2.0-RC1.tar.gz
 /ParaView-v5.2.0-RC2.tar.gz
+/ParaView-v5.2.0-RC3.tar.gz
diff --git a/paraview-5.2.0-libjsoncpp_so_11.patch b/paraview-5.2.0-libjsoncpp_so_11.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 826adeb..0000000
--- a/paraview-5.2.0-libjsoncpp_so_11.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-From f29938437db227528e28998d4154aa1f43ae7e26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Bj=C3=B6rn=20Esser?= <me@besser82.io>
-Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 12:16:58 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix build with JSONcpp >= 1.7.7, specialized template
- (#16938)
-
----
- ParaViewCore/ServerManager/Core/vtkSMSettings.cxx | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++
- 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/Core/vtkSMSettings.cxx b/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/Core/vtkSMSettings.cxx
-index 49a0b22..aa17fa6 100644
---- a/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/Core/vtkSMSettings.cxx
-+++ b/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/Core/vtkSMSettings.cxx
-@@ -1465,6 +1465,48 @@ Json::Value vtkConvertXMLElementToJSON(
-   ;
- }
- 
-+// We need a specialized template for `vtkIdType`, if compiling
-+// with `VTK_USE_64BIT_IDS=ON`, because JSONcpp >= 1.7.7 switched
-+// from at-least width (long long int) to fixed width (int64_t)
-+// integers.  If compiling with `VTK_USE_64BIT_IDS=OFF` this is
-+// not needed, because vtkIdType represents a plain integer in
-+// this case.
-+//
-+// See: https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues/16938
-+#ifdef VTK_USE_64BIT_IDS
-+template <>
-+Json::Value vtkConvertXMLElementToJSON <vtkIdType>(
-+  vtkSMVectorProperty* vp,
-+  const std::vector<vtkSmartPointer<vtkPVXMLElement> >& elements)
-+{
-+  // Since we need to handle enumeration domain :/.
-+  vtkSMEnumerationDomain* enumDomain = vtkSMEnumerationDomain::SafeDownCast(
-+    vp->FindDomain("vtkSMEnumerationDomain"));
-+  Json::Value value(Json::arrayValue);
-+  for (size_t cc=0; cc < elements.size(); ++cc)
-+    {
-+    vtkIdType xmlValue;
-+    elements[cc]->GetScalarAttribute("value", &xmlValue);
-+    const char* txt = enumDomain? enumDomain->GetEntryTextForValue(xmlValue) : NULL;
-+    if (txt)
-+      {
-+      value[static_cast<unsigned int>(cc)] = Json::Value(txt);
-+      }
-+    else
-+      {
-+      // We need to cast from `vtkIdType` to `int64_t` explicitly.
-+      value[static_cast<unsigned int>(cc)] = Json::Value(static_cast<int64_t>(xmlValue));
-+      }
-+    }
-+  if (vp->GetNumberOfElements()==1 && vp->GetRepeatCommand()==0 && value.size()==1)
-+    {
-+    return value[0];
-+    }
-+  return value
-+  ;
-+}
-+#endif // VTK_USE_64BIT_IDS
-+
- template <>
- Json::Value vtkConvertXMLElementToJSON<vtkStdString>(
-   vtkSMVectorProperty* vp,
--- 
-2.7.4
-
diff --git a/paraview.spec b/paraview.spec
index 5602b7f..fe967fb 100644
--- a/paraview.spec
+++ b/paraview.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 %global pv_min 2
 %global pv_patch 0
 %global pv_majmin %{pv_maj}.%{pv_min}
-%global rcver RC2
+%global rcver RC3
 
 # We need jsoncpp >= 0.7
 %if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} >= 8
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 Name:           paraview
 Version:        %{pv_majmin}.%{pv_patch}
-Release:        0.6%{?rcver:.%rcver}%{?dist}
+Release:        0.7%{?rcver:.%rcver}%{?dist}
 Summary:        Parallel visualization application
 
 License:        BSD
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ Patch0:         paraview-desktop.patch
 # Unbundle eigen
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251289
 Patch1:         paraview-eigen.patch
-# Fix call of overloaded 'Value(T&)' is ambiguous.
-# https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues/16938
-# https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/merge_requests/1123
-Patch2:         https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/merge_requests/1123.patch#/paraview-5.2.0-libjsoncpp_so_11.patch
 
 %if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} <= 7
 BuildRequires:  cmake3
@@ -340,7 +336,6 @@ developing applications that use %{name}-mpich.
 %setup -q -n ParaView-v%{version}%{?rcver:-%rcver}
 %patch0 -p1 -b .desktop
 %patch1 -p1 -b .eigen
-%patch2 -p1 -b .libjsoncpp_so_11
 # Install python properly
 sed -i -s '/VTK_INSTALL_PYTHON_USING_CMAKE/s/TRUE/FALSE/' CMakeLists.txt
 #Remove included thirdparty sources just to be sure
@@ -585,6 +580,10 @@ update-mime-database \
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Oct 29 2016 Orion Poplawski <orion@cora.nwra.com> - 5.2.0-0.j.RC3
+- Update to 5.2.0-RC3
+- Drop libjsoncpp patch applied upstream
+
 * Fri Oct 21 2016 Björn Esser <fedora@besser82.io> - 5.2.0-0.6.RC2
 - Add needed (Build)Requires
 - Remove cluttering files from %%{_pkgdocdir}
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index fefd54b..d872830 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-01c8f00914707689284866c53a990384  ParaView-v5.2.0-RC2.tar.gz
+054883096d778537436b00e6ad9249bf  ParaView-v5.2.0-RC3.tar.gz