diff --git a/jOOQ-release/build.xml b/jOOQ-release/build.xml
index deea1fd113..5aaa217e78 100644
--- a/jOOQ-release/build.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-release/build.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<property name="dir.workspace" value="${basedir}/.." />
 	<property name="dir.target" value="${basedir}/target" />
 	<property name="dir.release" value="${basedir}/release" />
-	<property name="version" value="3.0.0"/>
+	<property name="version" value="3.0.0-RC1"/>
 
 	<!-- Run a full mvn clean package install deploy first before this -->
 	<target name="release" description="Release a new version">