diff --git a/scripts/parse-config b/scripts/parse-config
index aec8c3298..c67e0ab6e 100644
--- a/scripts/parse-config
+++ b/scripts/parse-config
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # configuration file config/$config/config
 #
 # [BEGIN] of version section
-rockver=2.0.0-rc2
+rockver=2.0.0-rc3
 # [END] of version section
 
 crossnative=native           ; stagelevel=${stagelevel:-1} ; arch=any