diff --git a/natter-check/natter-check.py b/natter-check/natter-check.py
index 2c31faf..b032ed1 100755
--- a/natter-check/natter-check.py
+++ b/natter-check/natter-check.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import socket
 import struct
 import codecs
 
-__version__ = "2.0.0-dev"
+__version__ = "2.0.0-rc3"
 
 def fix_codecs(codec_list = ["utf-8", "idna"]):
     missing_codecs = []
diff --git a/natter.py b/natter.py
index 509eab3..2653bfb 100755
--- a/natter.py
+++ b/natter.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import argparse
 import threading
 import subprocess
 
-__version__ = "2.0.0-dev"
+__version__ = "2.0.0-rc3"
 
 
 class Logger(object):