diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 773af6143b..40c14e1d12 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Welcome to the MongoDB C++ Driver!
 
 Please see our [wiki page](https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-cxx-driver/wiki/Download%20and%20Compile) for information about building, testing, and using the driver.
 
-  Version [1.0.0-rc2](https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-cxx-driver/releases/tag/legacy-1.0.0-rc2)
+  Version [1.0.0-rc3](https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-cxx-driver/releases/tag/legacy-1.0.0-rc3)
   of the C++ legacy driver has been released. Help us test it out!
   Please report any bugs or issues in the C++
   [JIRA project](http://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CXX).
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 03cda7dc7c..e8bffcdb81 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ if releaseBuild and (debugBuild or not optBuild):
     print("Error: A --release build may not have debugging, and must have optimization")
     Exit(1)
 
-mongoclientVersion = "1.0.0-pre"
+mongoclientVersion = "1.0.0-rc3"
 # We don't keep the -pre in the user testable version identifiers, because
 # nobody should be conditioning on the pre-release status.
 mongoclientVersionComponents = re.split(r'\.|-rc', mongoclientVersion.partition('-pre')[0])
diff --git a/etc/doxygen/config b/etc/doxygen/config
index 2b3bbbcf0c..f9c5863f69 100644
--- a/etc/doxygen/config
+++ b/etc/doxygen/config
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DOXYFILE_ENCODING      = UTF-8
 PROJECT_NAME           = "MongoDB C++ Driver"
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = legacy-1.0.0-pre
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = legacy-1.0.0-rc3
 OUTPUT_DIRECTORY       = docs/doxygen
 CREATE_SUBDIRS         = NO
 OUTPUT_LANGUAGE        = English