diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 36e1a134e..e6551679a 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const Version = "1.0.0"
 // A pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 // then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
 // such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
-const VersionPrerelease = "rc2"
+const VersionPrerelease = "rc3"
 
 func FormattedVersion() string {
 	var versionString bytes.Buffer