diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index edbe5d935..483142fe9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ project(dfhack)
 
 # set up versioning.
 set(DF_VERSION "50.09")
-set(DFHACK_RELEASE "r3rc2")
+set(DFHACK_RELEASE "r3rc3")
 set(DFHACK_PRERELEASE TRUE)
 
 set(DFHACK_VERSION "${DF_VERSION}-${DFHACK_RELEASE}")