diff --git a/project/Build.scala b/project/Build.scala
index 198e93bda8f4..4d816a977c6b 100644
--- a/project/Build.scala
+++ b/project/Build.scala
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ object NonBootstrappedDottyJSPlugin extends DottyJSPlugin(Build.commonNonBootstr
 object Build {
   val referenceVersion = "3.0.0-RC2-bin-20210325-ab2664f-NIGHTLY"
 
-  val baseVersion = "3.0.0-RC2"
+  val baseVersion = "3.0.0-RC3"
   val baseSbtDottyVersion = "0.5.4"
 
   // Versions used by the vscode extension to create a new project