diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ae61c60b22d7412bb23e81cd43ccdde9a2263b32..f1d17a0945b1aba6412146576352f93eef6d4abe 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 m4_define([gnt_version_major], [2])
 m4_define([gnt_version_minor], [1])
 m4_define([gnt_version_revision], [0])
-m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [~rc2])
+m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [~rc3])
 m4_define([gnt_version_full],
           m4_format([%d.%d.%d%s],
                     gnt_version_major, gnt_version_minor,