diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 51232359313bf51859aa569323c48a374384ec55..fc5cd708604188ab867120a11431b77e2d8cf7dc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT([alberta], [3.0-rc2], [Claus.Heine@Mathematik.Uni-Freiburg.DE])
+AC_INIT([alberta], [3.0-rc3], [Claus.Heine@Mathematik.Uni-Freiburg.DE])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([alberta/src/Common/alberta.h])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])