diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index bfccc80..82e6593 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION	0
 #define PY_MICRO_VERSION	0
 #define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_GAMMA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	2
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	3
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION      	"3.0rc2+"
+#define PY_VERSION      	"3.0rc3"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */