diff --git a/build/version.go b/build/version.go
index f9c33232..200a06bb 100644
--- a/build/version.go
+++ b/build/version.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ const (
 
 	// AppPreRelease MUST only contain characters from semanticAlphabet
 	// per the semantic versioning spec.
-	AppPreRelease = "beta.rc2"
+	AppPreRelease = "beta.rc3"
 )
 
 func init() {