diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers.js b/lib/OpenLayers.js
index f6df5e1915..24c7d0e8b5 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers.js
@@ -414,4 +414,4 @@
 /**
  * Constant: VERSION_NUMBER
  */
-OpenLayers.VERSION_NUMBER="Release 2.12-rc2";
+OpenLayers.VERSION_NUMBER="Release 2.12-rc3";
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/SingleFile.js b/lib/OpenLayers/SingleFile.js
index 5ea5ae5a31..53060cc956 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/SingleFile.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/SingleFile.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ var OpenLayers = {
     /**
      * Constant: VERSION_NUMBER
      */
-    VERSION_NUMBER: "Release 2.12-rc2",
+    VERSION_NUMBER: "Release 2.12-rc3",
 
     /**
      * Constant: singleFile