diff --git a/packages/asciidoctor/package.json b/packages/asciidoctor/package.json
index 633bc4bb8..f87b4b27a 100644
--- a/packages/asciidoctor/package.json
+++ b/packages/asciidoctor/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "asciidoctor",
-  "version": "3.0.0-alpha.4",
+  "version": "3.0.0-rc.1",
   "description": "A JavaScript AsciiDoc processor, cross-compiled from the Ruby-based AsciiDoc implementation, Asciidoctor, using Opal",
   "main": "index.js",
   "types": "types",
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor.js",
   "dependencies": {
     "@asciidoctor/cli": "3.5.0",
-    "@asciidoctor/core": "3.0.0-alpha.4"
+    "@asciidoctor/core": "3.0.0-rc.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "pkg": "5.8.1"
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 29dc442ea..343c08f82 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@asciidoctor/core",
-  "version": "3.0.0-alpha.4",
+  "version": "3.0.0-rc.1",
   "description": "Asciidoctor - the core library",
   "main": "dist/node/asciidoctor.js",
   "exports": {