diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen-maven-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-codegen-maven-example/pom.xml
index 70ffb9f48b..0e2350015a 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen-maven-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen-maven-example/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jooq-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.0.0-RC2</version>
+		<version>3.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jooq-codegen-maven</artifactId>
-				<version>3.0.0-RC2</version>
+				<version>3.0.0-RC3</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>exec1</id>
diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml b/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml
index 5ec4d37c7d..946a54cebe 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen-maven/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jooq-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 	
     <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/pom.xml b/jOOQ-codegen/pom.xml
index 6d6abe411d..9ea2862730 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jooq-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 	
     <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ-console/pom.xml b/jOOQ-console/pom.xml
index 5165faeabb..bb100b1a9e 100644
--- a/jOOQ-console/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-console/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jooq-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 	
     <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ-liquibase/pom.xml b/jOOQ-liquibase/pom.xml
index b021006d91..e17b107afd 100644
--- a/jOOQ-liquibase/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-liquibase/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jooq-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jooq-codegen-maven</artifactId>
-				<version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+				<version>3.0.0-RC3</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>exec1</id>
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/pom.xml b/jOOQ-meta/pom.xml
index a993721808..67a192f9f1 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jooq-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
     <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ-release/build.xml b/jOOQ-release/build.xml
index 15872b839c..b069a5cada 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-RC2"/>
+	<property name="version" value="3.0.0-RC3"/>
 
 	<!-- Run a full mvn clean package install deploy first before this -->
 	<target name="release" description="Release a new version">
diff --git a/jOOQ-scala/pom.xml b/jOOQ-scala/pom.xml
index 55146095ac..0bcc13de2c 100644
--- a/jOOQ-scala/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-scala/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 		<artifactId>jooq-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.0.0-RC3</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jooq-codegen-maven</artifactId>
-				<version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+				<version>3.0.0-RC3</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>exec1</id>
diff --git a/jOOQ-website/conf.php b/jOOQ-website/conf.php
index f9eaf56794..6eb01a53bb 100644
--- a/jOOQ-website/conf.php
+++ b/jOOQ-website/conf.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
   $root = "";
   $minorVersion = "3.0";
-  $version = $minorVersion . ".0-RC2";
+  $version = $minorVersion . ".0-RC3";
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jOOQ-website/pom.xml b/jOOQ-website/pom.xml
index f4bb2ec4ae..c609e97aee 100644
--- a/jOOQ-website/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-website/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
   		<artifactId>jooq</artifactId>
-  		<version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  		<version>3.0.0-RC3</version>
   		<type>jar</type>
   		<scope>compile</scope>
   	</dependency>
diff --git a/jOOQ/pom.xml b/jOOQ/pom.xml
index 236ab66ed3..515a9595fe 100644
--- a/jOOQ/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
         <artifactId>jooq-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>3.0.0-RC3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e26da1d676..4c9d5ca137 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.jooq</groupId>
     <artifactId>jooq-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.0.0-RC3</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>jOOQ Parent</name>