diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 00518f2f..dc88ae80 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CHANGES FROM 2.5 TO 2.6-rc2, 10 September 2017
+CHANGES FROM 2.5 TO 2.6-rc3, 11 September 2017
 
 * Add select-pane -T to set pane title.
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 26f98373..dcbe4a18 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # configure.ac
 
-AC_INIT(tmux, 2.6-rc2)
+AC_INIT(tmux, 2.6-rc3)
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
 
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(etc)