diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d8c37c5..e363e6b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-## v3.0.0-RC1 / 2013-11-30
+## v3.0.0-RC2 / 2013-12-04
 
-Major update, non-breaking though users with custom appenders are encouraged to view the _Changes_ section below. This version polishes up the codebase and general design. Tightened up a few aspects of how appenders and appender middleware work. Also finally added facilities for ad hoc (non-atom) logging configuration.
+Major update, non-breaking though users with custom appenders are encouraged to view the _Changes_ section below. This version polishes up the codebase and general design. Tightened up a few aspects of how appenders and appender middleware work. Added a serializing Carmine appender (I use something similar in prod most of the time). Also finally added facilities for ad hoc (non-atom) logging configuration.
 
 Overall quite happy with the state of Timbre as of this release. No major anticipated improvements/changes from here (modulo bugs).
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 395b18e..ac18933 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 **[API docs](http://ptaoussanis.github.io/timbre/)** | **[CHANGELOG](https://github.com/ptaoussanis/timbre/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)** | [contact & contributing](#contact--contribution) | [other Clojure libs](https://www.taoensso.com/clojure-libraries) | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/#!/ptaoussanis) | current [semantic](http://semver.org/) version:
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/timbre "3.0.0-RC1"] ; Non-breaking upgrade - see CHANGELOG for details
+[com.taoensso/timbre "3.0.0-RC2"] ; Non-breaking upgrade - see CHANGELOG for details
 [com.taoensso/timbre "2.7.1"] ; Stable
 ```
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Logging with Java can be maddeningly, unnecessarily hard. Particularly if all yo
 Add the necessary dependency to your [Leiningen](http://leiningen.org/) `project.clj` and use the supplied ns-import helper:
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/timbre "3.0.0-RC1"] ; project.clj
+[com.taoensso/timbre "3.0.0-RC2"] ; project.clj
 
 (ns my-app (:require [taoensso.timbre :as timbre])) ; Your ns
 (timbre/refer-timbre) ; Provides useful Timbre aliases in this ns
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ By default, Timbre gives you basic print output to `*out*`/`*err*` at a `debug`
 (trace "This won't print due to insufficient logging level") => nil
 ```
 
-First-argument exceptions generate a nicely cleaned-up stack trace using [io.aviso.exception](https://github.com/AvisoNovate/pretty).
+First-argument exceptions generate a nicely cleaned-up stack trace using [io.aviso.exception](https://github.com/AvisoNovate/pretty):
 
 ```clojure
 (info (Exception. "Oh noes") "arg1" "arg2")
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 42296e7..6acfc58 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/timbre "3.0.0-RC1"
+(defproject com.taoensso/timbre "3.0.0-RC2"
   :description "Clojure logging & profiling library"
   :url "https://github.com/ptaoussanis/timbre"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"