diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a768ca10..f83a1939 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4155,7 +4155,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "policy-server"
-version = "1.17.0-rc2"
+version = "1.17.0-rc3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 92dfd19e..dba3748a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "policy-server"
-version = "1.17.0-rc2"
+version = "1.17.0-rc3"
 authors = [
   "Kubewarden Developers <kubewarden@suse.de>",
   "Flavio Castelli <fcastelli@suse.com>",