diff --git a/_includes/frontpage.txt b/_includes/frontpage.txt
index 5ccce77..1b42066 100644
--- a/_includes/frontpage.txt
+++ b/_includes/frontpage.txt
@@ -23,17 +23,17 @@
     </div>
 
 <!-- Uncomment this section for a RC release -->
-<!-- 4.7.1 RC2 -->
+<!-- 4.7.1 RC3 -->
 <div>
     <div class="rounded-corner-box" style="min-height: 0px; float: left; padding: 10px; margin-top: 10px; width: 778px; background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);">
       <span class="news-box-text">
-        Or... Walk on the wild side. <span class="emphasize"><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/download/milestone.html">Try version 4.7.1 RC2!</a></span>
+        Or... Walk on the wild side. <span class="emphasize"><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/download/milestone.html">Try version 4.7.1 RC3!</a></span>
       </span>
     </div>
     <span class="news-arrow"><img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/resources/images/news-arrow.png"></span>
     <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/download/milestone.html"><img style="float: right; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: -15px; margin-right: 35px;" src="{{ site.baseurl }}/resources/images/tools.png"></a>
 </div>
-<!-- 4.7.1 RC2-->
+<!-- 4.7.1 RC3-->
 </div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/_includes/sdk-download-box-2-12-rc.txt b/_includes/sdk-download-box-2-12-rc.txt
index a53ef66..dd84de8 100644
--- a/_includes/sdk-download-box-2-12-rc.txt
+++ b/_includes/sdk-download-box-2-12-rc.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 <script type="text/javascript">
 var urls_212 = {
-  prefix: "http://downloads.typesafe.com/scalaide-pack/4.7.1-rc2-oxygen-212-20171130/scala-SDK-4.7.1-rc2-2.12",
+  prefix: "http://downloads.typesafe.com/scalaide-pack/4.7.1-rc3-oxygen-212-20180102/scala-SDK-4.7.1-rc3-2.12",
 };
 
 urls_212.win64  = urls_212.prefix + "-win32.win32.x86_64.zip"
diff --git a/blog/_posts/2018-01-02-release-notes-4.7.1-rc3.md b/blog/_posts/2018-01-02-release-notes-4.7.1-rc3.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5000b4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blog/_posts/2018-01-02-release-notes-4.7.1-rc3.md
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+---
+layout: blog
+title: Scala IDE 4.7.1 RC3 is out!
+author: Scala IDE team
+disqus: false
+---
+
+We have the great pleasure to inform you about Scala IDE 4.7.1 RC3 release. This time we decided to allow for <b>macro expansion in Worksheet</b> to enable it for <b>Spark</b> development. Besides this we put some effort to make Worksheet more stable and added more meaningful errors reporting.
+
+## New and Noteworthy
+
+Worksheet can work with Spark projects in scala 2.11.
+
+## Stats & Thanks
+
+The following statistic contains the accumulated commits of the following repositories:
+
+<pre>
+# https://github.com/scala-ide/scala-ide
+% git shortlog -sn --no-merges 4.7.1-rc2..4.7.1-rc3
+# https://github.com/scala-ide/scala-worksheet
+% git shortlog -sn --no-merges 4.7.1-rc2..4.7.1-rc3
+</pre>
+
+<pre>
+Commits:
+5	Wiesław Popielarski
+</pre>
+
+More details can be found in [changelog][cl].
+
+[cl]: http://scala-ide.org/docs/changelog.html
diff --git a/download/milestone.md b/download/milestone.md
index 8653f3f..19903d7 100644
--- a/download/milestone.md
+++ b/download/milestone.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ title: Milestones & Release Candidates
 Here you can find the update sites for milestone or release candidates. Use this stream if you want to stay
 up to date with the latest developments in the Scala compiler and the Scala IDE itself.
 
-## Scala IDE 4.7.1-RC2 download
+## Scala IDE 4.7.1-RC3 download
 
 This bundle contains the Scala IDE for Eclipse and it comes pre-configured
 for optimal performance. No need to configure update sites, and *Check for updates* will keep your