diff --git a/apps/emqx/include/emqx_release.hrl b/apps/emqx/include/emqx_release.hrl
index 42bf2d5b6..d9227119b 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/include/emqx_release.hrl
+++ b/apps/emqx/include/emqx_release.hrl
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 %% hyphen.
 
 %% Community edition
--define(EMQX_RELEASE_CE, "5.0.0-rc.2").
+-define(EMQX_RELEASE_CE, "5.0.0-rc.3").
 
 %% Enterprise edition
 -define(EMQX_RELEASE_EE, "5.0.0-alpha.1").