diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 0e0c70e3..1e5ac5c6 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.0.2-rc0 30002000
+3.0.3-rc0 30003000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index eac4585b..0ca4c86f 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ### Updated by release.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=3
 project.versioning.minor=0
-project.versioning.patch=2
+project.versioning.patch=3
 project.versioning.build=0
 project.versioning.type=rc
 #############################