diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9c24573e82..75535e6eb3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-09-03  Michael Natterer  <mitch@gimp.org>
+
+	* configure.in: bump version to 2.4.0-rc3.
+
 2007-09-03  Michael Natterer  <mitch@gimp.org>
 
 	* Made 2.4.0-rc2 release.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 00cf4b13c0..448637714b 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ m4_define([gimp_binary_age],
           [m4_eval(100 * gimp_minor_version + gimp_micro_version)])
 
 # For overriding the version string. Comment out if not needed.
-m4_define([gimp_version], [2.4.0-rc2])
+m4_define([gimp_version], [2.4.0-rc3])
 
 # This is the X.Y used in -lgimp-X.Y
 m4_define([gimp_api_version], [2.0])