diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f3bede1..7b99a75 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,19 @@ project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 Older versions are detailed as [GitHub
 releases](https://github.com/mudge/re2/releases) for this project.
 
+## [2.15.0.rc1] - 2024-12-16
+### Added
+- Add support for Ruby 3.4.0-rc1 in precompiled, native gems.
+
+### Changed
+- Provide separate precompiled, native gems for GNU and Musl.
+- Require glibc 2.29+ for x86-linux-gnu and x86_64-linux-gnu (and recommend
+  RubyGems 3.3.22+ and Bundler 2.3.21+).
+
+### Removed
+- Drop support for Ruby versions older than 3.1 as they do not ship with a
+  version of RubyGems new enough to handle the new Musl gems.
+
 ## [2.14.0] - 2024-08-02
 ### Changed
 - Upgrade the bundled version of Abseil to 20240722.0, removing the need to
@@ -279,6 +292,7 @@ releases](https://github.com/mudge/re2/releases) for this project.
 ### Fixed
 - In Ruby 1.9.2 and later, re2 will now set the correct encoding for strings
 
+[2.15.0.rc1]: https://github.com/mudge/re2/releases/tag/v2.15.0.rc1
 [2.14.0]: https://github.com/mudge/re2/releases/tag/v2.14.0
 [2.13.2]: https://github.com/mudge/re2/releases/tag/v2.13.2
 [2.13.1]: https://github.com/mudge/re2/releases/tag/v2.13.1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 926710f..f834fef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Python".
 
 [![Build Status](https://github.com/mudge/re2/actions/workflows/tests.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/mudge/re2/actions)
 
-**Current version:** 2.14.0  
+**Current version:** 2.15.0.rc1  
 **Bundled RE2 version:** libre2.11 (2024-07-02)  
 
 ```ruby
diff --git a/lib/re2/version.rb b/lib/re2/version.rb
index ad6c89d..27a1320 100644
--- a/lib/re2/version.rb
+++ b/lib/re2/version.rb
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@
 
 
 module RE2
-  VERSION = "2.14.0"
+  VERSION = "2.15.0.rc1"
 end
diff --git a/re2.gemspec b/re2.gemspec
index 88df355..5d4572d 100644
--- a/re2.gemspec
+++ b/re2.gemspec
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.homepage = "https://github.com/mudge/re2"
   s.extensions = ["ext/re2/extconf.rb"]
   s.license = "BSD-3-Clause"
-  s.required_ruby_version = ">= 2.6.0"
+  s.required_ruby_version = ">= 3.1.0"
   s.files = [
     "dependencies.yml",
     "ext/re2/extconf.rb",