diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 09ac858f8..27b90dfd5 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var (
 	Package = "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2"
 
 	// Version holds the complete version number. Filled in at linking time.
-	Version = "2.0.0-rc.2+unknown"
+	Version = "2.0.0-rc.3+unknown"
 
 	// Revision is filled with the VCS (e.g. git) revision being used to build
 	// the program at linking time.