diff --git a/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml b/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
index 659f1ffbd4056..fb20e12a754d4 100644
--- a/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
+++ b/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
 	<copyright>(C) 2019 Open Source Matters, Inc.</copyright>
 	<license>GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt</license>
-	<version>4.0.0-rc3-dev</version>
+	<version>4.0.0-rc3</version>
 	<creationDate>June 2021</creationDate>
 	<description>FILES_JOOMLA_XML_DESCRIPTION</description>
 
diff --git a/libraries/src/Version.php b/libraries/src/Version.php
index 869f999bb8801..2955bdc90784f 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Version.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Version.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ final class Version
 	 * @var    string
 	 * @since  3.8.0
 	 */
-	const EXTRA_VERSION = 'rc3-dev';
+	const EXTRA_VERSION = 'rc3';
 
 	/**
 	 * Development status.
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ final class Version
 	 * @var    string
 	 * @since  3.5
 	 */
-	const DEV_STATUS = 'Development';
+	const DEV_STATUS = 'Release Candidate';
 
 	/**
 	 * Code name.
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ final class Version
 	 * @var    string
 	 * @since  3.5
 	 */
-	const RELDATE = '15-June-2021';
+	const RELDATE = '29-June-2021';
 
 	/**
 	 * Release time.
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ final class Version
 	 * @var    string
 	 * @since  3.5
 	 */
-	const RELTIME = '18:15';
+	const RELTIME = '18:47';
 
 	/**
 	 * Release timezone.