diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1da119379..04f923b6a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "diskannpy"
-version = "0.5.0.rc2"
+version = "0.5.0.rc3"
 
 description = "DiskANN Python extension module"
 # readme = "../README.md"