diff --git a/ext/package.xml b/ext/package.xml
index 8df2cf4..cbf7f6e 100644
--- a/ext/package.xml
+++ b/ext/package.xml
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
     <email>pdelewski@example.com</email>
     <active>yes</active>
   </lead>
-  <date>2023-10-17</date>
-  <time>03:23:33</time>
+  <date>2023-10-19</date>
+  <time>21:45:44</time>
   <version>
-    <release>1.0.0RC2</release>
+    <release>1.0.0RC3</release>
     <api>1.0</api>
   </version>
   <stability>
@@ -27,13 +27,10 @@
     <api>stable</api>
   </stability>
   <license uri="https://opensource.org/license/apache-2-0/" filesource="LICENSE">Apache 2.0</license>
-  <notes>opentelemetry 1.0.0RC2
-    * documentation updates (#100)
-    * Change segfault method! (#97)
-    * adding windows build action (#93)
-    * adding test and doc for hooking static method (#94)
-    * Update opentelemetry.stub.php (#92)
-    * For WINDOWS build! (#88)
+  <notes>opentelemetry 1.0.0RC3
+    * re-enable blackfire (#103)
+    * Check observer_class_lookup for NULL in observer callback (#102)
+    * gitsplit extension dir (#98)
   </notes>
   <contents>
     <dir baseinstalldir="/" name="/">
@@ -239,5 +236,26 @@
       <notes>opentelemetry 1.0.0RC1
       </notes>
     </release>
+    <release>
+      <date>2023-10-17</date>
+      <time>03:23:33</time>
+      <version>
+        <release>1.0.0RC2</release>
+        <api>1.0</api>
+      </version>
+      <stability>
+        <release>beta</release>
+        <api>stable</api>
+      </stability>
+      <license>Apache 2.0</license>
+      <notes>opentelemetry 1.0.0RC2
+        * documentation updates (#100)
+        * Change segfault method! (#97)
+        * adding windows build action (#93)
+        * adding test and doc for hooking static method (#94)
+        * Update opentelemetry.stub.php (#92)
+        * For WINDOWS build! (#88)
+      </notes>
+    </release>
   </changelog>
 </package>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ext/php_opentelemetry.h b/ext/php_opentelemetry.h
index 6cfb226..cb602e4 100644
--- a/ext/php_opentelemetry.h
+++ b/ext/php_opentelemetry.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ZEND_EXTERN_MODULE_GLOBALS(opentelemetry)
 
 #define OTEL_G(v) ZEND_MODULE_GLOBALS_ACCESSOR(opentelemetry, v)
 
-#define PHP_OPENTELEMETRY_VERSION "1.0.0RC2"
+#define PHP_OPENTELEMETRY_VERSION "1.0.0RC3"
 
 #if defined(ZTS) && defined(COMPILE_DL_OPENTELEMETRY)
 ZEND_TSRMLS_CACHE_EXTERN()