diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 394a8109812..870e26d8b85 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 PHP                                                                        NEWS
 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-?? ??? ????, PHP 8.1.0RC2
+?? ??? ????, PHP 8.1.0RC3
+
+
+16 Sep 2021, PHP 8.1.0RC2
 
 - DOM:
   . Fixed bug #81433 (DOMElement::setIdAttribute() called twice may remove ID).
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ab0e9daaff5..62235f76e9b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dnl Basic autoconf initialization, generation of config.nice.
 dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.68])
-AC_INIT([PHP],[8.1.0RC2-dev],[https://bugs.php.net],[php],[https://www.php.net])
+AC_INIT([PHP],[8.1.0RC3-dev],[https://bugs.php.net],[php],[https://www.php.net])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([main/php_version.h])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build])
 AC_PRESERVE_HELP_ORDER
diff --git a/main/php_version.h b/main/php_version.h
index 5937711e61f..a5e8bc65c53 100644
--- a/main/php_version.h
+++ b/main/php_version.h
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 #define PHP_MAJOR_VERSION 8
 #define PHP_MINOR_VERSION 1
 #define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION 0
-#define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "RC2-dev"
-#define PHP_VERSION "8.1.0RC2-dev"
+#define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "RC3-dev"
+#define PHP_VERSION "8.1.0RC3-dev"
 #define PHP_VERSION_ID 80100