diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 0d07be51dbd2990562050b499c92980ac4e66517..6b1ebce8879060d1c634750c2b811058f9e6c9c5 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.3.0-RC1
+5.3.0-RC2