diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index d0822a2aad..755a76aeed 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dev
+0.7.0-rc3
  * expose getNaturalEndpoints in StorageServiceMBean taking byte[]
    key; RMI cannot serialize ByteBuffer (CASSANDRA-1833)
  * infer org.apache.cassandra.locator for replication strategy classes
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 3a8e45de43..773134c785 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <property name="test.unit.src" value="${test.dir}/unit"/>
     <property name="test.long.src" value="${test.dir}/long"/>
     <property name="dist.dir" value="${build.dir}/dist"/>
-    <property name="base.version" value="0.7.0-rc2"/>
+    <property name="base.version" value="0.7.0-rc3"/>
     <condition property="version" value="${base.version}">
       <isset property="release"/>
     </condition>
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 765ccda88f..6d8218934d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+cassandra (0.7.0~rc3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Release candidate release.
+
+ -- Eric Evans <eevans@apache.org>  Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:36:31 -0600
+
 cassandra (0.7.0~rc2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Release candidate release.