preparing 1.0-rc3
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2345531..07d71bf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <!-- do not use snapshot suffix here -->
     <commons.release.version>1.0</commons.release.version>
     <commons.release.desc>(requires Java 8+)</commons.release.desc>
-    <commons.rc.version>RC2</commons.rc.version>
+    <commons.rc.version>RC3</commons.rc.version>
     <commons.binary.suffix>-bin</commons.binary.suffix>
 
     <commons.jira.id>GEOMETRY</commons.jira.id>