diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ffe1de40..5cdabbd0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ members = [
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.0-rc.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 rust-version = "1.81"
diff --git a/crates/datafusion/Cargo.toml b/crates/datafusion/Cargo.toml
index d636735d..5ff076f0 100644
--- a/crates/datafusion/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/datafusion/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ homepage.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-hudi-core = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../core", features = ["datafusion"] }
+hudi-core = { version = "0.3.0-rc.1", path = "../core", features = ["datafusion"] }
 # arrow
 arrow = { workspace = true }
 arrow-arith = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/hudi/Cargo.toml b/crates/hudi/Cargo.toml
index efa2d5e4..0ed61990 100644
--- a/crates/hudi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/hudi/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ homepage.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-hudi-core = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../core" }
-hudi-datafusion = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../datafusion", optional = true }
+hudi-core = { version = "0.3.0-rc.1", path = "../core" }
+hudi-datafusion = { version = "0.3.0-rc.1", path = "../datafusion", optional = true }
 
 [features]
 datafusion = [