diff --git a/mesa/__init__.py b/mesa/__init__.py
index a99a624bb63..104b846dd16 100644
--- a/mesa/__init__.py
+++ b/mesa/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 ]
 
 __title__ = "mesa"
-__version__ = "3.0.0b2"
+__version__ = "3.0.0rc0"
 __license__ = "Apache 2.0"
 _this_year = datetime.datetime.now(tz=datetime.timezone.utc).date().year
 __copyright__ = f"Copyright {_this_year} Project Mesa Team"