diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ac18933..99af9aa 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-RC2"] ; Non-breaking upgrade - see CHANGELOG for details
+[com.taoensso/timbre "3.0.0-RC3"] ; 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-RC2"] ; project.clj
+[com.taoensso/timbre "3.0.0-RC3"] ; project.clj
 
 (ns my-app (:require [taoensso.timbre :as timbre])) ; Your ns
 (timbre/refer-timbre) ; Provides useful Timbre aliases in this ns
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 74a0c38..68bb715 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/timbre "3.0.0-RC2"
+(defproject com.taoensso/timbre "3.0.0-RC3"
   :description "Clojure logging & profiling library"
   :url "https://github.com/ptaoussanis/timbre"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"