diff --git a/default.build.properties b/default.build.properties
index 1a14f823fe8..4a28e184e18 100644
--- a/default.build.properties
+++ b/default.build.properties
@@ -63,6 +63,6 @@ version.ruby.patchlevel=249
 version.ruby1_9.major=1.9
 version.ruby1_9=1.9.2dev
 version.ruby1_9.patchlevel=24787
-version.jruby=1.5.0.RC2
+version.jruby=1.5.0.RC3
 mspec.revision=26e25432f613856640a591fe098bec5ed80f40a1
 rubyspecs.revision=b8d81ce02208d1f4fbc939d002dccc55bca285f6
diff --git a/maven/jruby-complete/pom.xml b/maven/jruby-complete/pom.xml
index 850d886f824..178203a435c 100644
--- a/maven/jruby-complete/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/jruby-complete/pom.xml
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jruby</groupId>
     <artifactId>shared</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0.RC2</version>
+    <version>1.5.0.RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.jruby</groupId>
   <artifactId>jruby-complete</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.5.0.RC2</version>
+  <version>1.5.0.RC3</version>
   <name>JRuby Complete</name>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/maven/jruby-rake-plugin/pom.xml b/maven/jruby-rake-plugin/pom.xml
index 932a871e10d..7a349989279 100644
--- a/maven/jruby-rake-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/jruby-rake-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jruby</groupId>
     <artifactId>shared</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0.RC2</version>
+    <version>1.5.0.RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.jruby.plugins</groupId>
   <artifactId>jruby-rake-plugin</artifactId>
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
-  <version>1.5.0.RC2</version>
+  <version>1.5.0.RC3</version>
   <name>JRuby Rake Plugin</name>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jruby</groupId>
       <artifactId>jruby-complete</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0.RC2</version>
+      <version>1.5.0.RC3</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/maven/jruby/pom.xml b/maven/jruby/pom.xml
index e3fa59b5df6..b50bf20f1a4 100644
--- a/maven/jruby/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/jruby/pom.xml
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.jruby</groupId>
     <artifactId>shared</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0.RC2</version>
+    <version>1.5.0.RC3</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.jruby</groupId>
   <artifactId>jruby</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.5.0.RC2</version>
+  <version>1.5.0.RC3</version>
   <name>JRuby</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 19f14c6cb28..4663f5874ed 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <groupId>org.jruby</groupId>
   <artifactId>shared</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>1.5.0.RC2</version>
+  <version>1.5.0.RC3</version>
   <name>JRuby Shared</name>
   <url>http://www.jruby.org/</url>
   <description>A 1.8.7 compatible Ruby interpreter written in 100% pure Java</description>