diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index f6cced937..e3444d4eb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ produce the Windows executables and installer.
 
 ---
 
+Pre-Release 5.8.0-rc3
+===
+A further issue with building the Windows executable has been found and fixed.
+This release is otherwise identical to 5.8.0-rc1 & -rc2 combined.
+
+---
+
 Pre-Release 5.8.0-rc2
 ===
 An issue with building the Windows executable has been found and fixed.  This
diff --git a/config/__init__.py b/config/__init__.py
index bbfa95c35..0600f6891 100644
--- a/config/__init__.py
+++ b/config/__init__.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 # <https://semver.org/#semantic-versioning-specification-semver>
 # Major.Minor.Patch(-prerelease)(+buildmetadata)
 # NB: Do *not* import this, use the functions appversion() and appversion_nobuild()
-_static_appversion = '5.8.0-rc2'
+_static_appversion = '5.8.0-rc3'
 _cached_version: Optional[semantic_version.Version] = None
 copyright = '© 2015-2019 Jonathan Harris, 2020-2023 EDCD'