diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d9bed28c95..e6f680d85a 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 ##
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
 
-AC_INIT(frr, 3.0, [https://github.com/frrouting/frr/issues])
+AC_INIT(frr, 3.0-rc0, [https://github.com/frrouting/frr/issues])
 PACKAGE_URL="https://frrouting.org/"
 PACKAGE_FULLNAME="FRRouting"
 AC_SUBST(PACKAGE_FULLNAME)