diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 1fdc4f22e..815e26955 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0, 3, 0, "beta", 0
+current_version = 0, 3, 0, "candidate", 0
 commit = False
 tag = False
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\,\ (?P<minor>\d+)\,\ (?P<patch>\d+)\,\ \"(?P<release>\S+)\"\,\ (?P<build>\d+)
diff --git a/packages/jupyterlab-preview/package.json b/packages/jupyterlab-preview/package.json
index 213dbb921..efae87dd7 100644
--- a/packages/jupyterlab-preview/package.json
+++ b/packages/jupyterlab-preview/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@voila-dashboards/jupyterlab-preview",
-  "version": "2.1.0-beta.0",
+  "version": "2.1.0-rc.0",
   "description": "A JupyterLab preview extension for Voilà",
   "keywords": [
     "jupyter",
diff --git a/packages/voila/package.json b/packages/voila/package.json
index 197578e4c..f75c11471 100644
--- a/packages/voila/package.json
+++ b/packages/voila/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@voila-dashboards/voila",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.3.0-beta.0",
+  "version": "0.3.0-rc.0",
   "description": "The Voilà Frontend",
   "author": "Voilà contributors",
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
diff --git a/voila/_version.py b/voila/_version.py
index a8beac0cd..99b89efa1 100644
--- a/voila/_version.py
+++ b/voila/_version.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 )
 
 # DO NOT EDIT THIS DIRECTLY!  It is managed by bumpversion
-version_info = VersionInfo(0, 3, 0, "beta", 0)
+version_info = VersionInfo(0, 3, 0, "candidate", 0)
 
 _specifier_ = {"alpha": "a", "beta": "b", "candidate": "rc", "final": ""}