diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ff614a113..b9460145b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION 78)
 
 # set to 0 when not a release candidate, non zero means that any generated 
 # svn tags will be treated as release candidates of given number
-SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_RELEASE_CANDIDATE 2)
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_RELEASE_CANDIDATE 3)
 
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_VERSION ${OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION}.${OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION}.${OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION})