diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5de8e493a..3bcc19fcf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION 131)
 
 # set to 0 when not a release candidate, non zero means that any generated
 # git tags will be treated as release candidates of given number
-SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_RELEASE_CANDIDATE 2)
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_RELEASE_CANDIDATE 3)
 
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_VERSION ${OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION}.${OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION}.${OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION})