diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 9b972a527..0856cedbd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+version 2.5.0rc3
+----------------------------------------------------------
+* Minor fix in documentations
+* Travis fix for Mac OSX
+* Disable unnecessary deprecation warning while using async clients.
+* Use Github actions for builds in favor of travis.
+
+
 version 2.5.0rc2
 ----------------------------------------------------------
 * Documentation updates
diff --git a/pymodbus/version.py b/pymodbus/version.py
index 4b7a911c7..74b2497c7 100644
--- a/pymodbus/version.py
+++ b/pymodbus/version.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def __str__(self):
         return '[%s, version %s]' % (self.package, self.short())
 
 
-version = Version('pymodbus', 2, 5, 0, "rc2")
+version = Version('pymodbus', 2, 5, 0, "rc3")
 
 version.__name__ = 'pymodbus'  # fix epydoc error