diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d99fda5a5..30ed043ca 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <commons.componentid>pool</commons.componentid>
     <commons.module.name>org.apache.commons.pool2</commons.module.name>
-    <commons.rc.version>RC1</commons.rc.version>
+    <commons.rc.version>RC3</commons.rc.version>
     <!-- Java 8 -->
     <commons.release.version>2.12.0</commons.release.version>
     <commons.release.desc>(Java 8)</commons.release.desc>