diff --git a/cyclone/__init__.py b/cyclone/__init__.py
index d421e87b88..133da005a5 100644
--- a/cyclone/__init__.py
+++ b/cyclone/__init__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 # under the License.
 
 __author__ = "Alexandre Fiori"
-__version__ = version = "1.0-rc2"
+__version__ = version = "1.0-rc3"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1e666f6eaa..20fecca820 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="cyclone",
-    version="1.0-rc2",
+    version="1.0-rc3",
     packages=["cyclone", "cyclone.redis"],
     #install_requires=["twisted"],
     author="fiorix",