diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6417cdb2f..0923cb1cd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
     <artifactId>jfreechart</artifactId>
     <groupId>org.jfree</groupId>
-    <version>1.6.0-RC2</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-RC3</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <organization>