diff --git a/metadata.cfg b/metadata.cfg
index 431e601..c3fddb5 100644
--- a/metadata.cfg
+++ b/metadata.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
-version: 1.4.0rc2
-version_info: (1,4,0,'rc',2)
+version: 1.4.0rc3
+version_info: (1,4,0,'rc',3)
 description: Python interface to MySQL
 author: Inada Naoki
 author_email: songofacandy@gmail.com