diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index bc0d94f0..ba413d23 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 NEWS
 ****
 
-New in 1.18.0-rc1:
+New in 1.18.0-rc3:
 
   * The C++17 standard has been adopted: code has been rewritten and simplified
     to adobe new features of the C++17 standard library such as std::filesystem.
diff --git a/NEWS.libfswatch b/NEWS.libfswatch
index 8c2c45ed..cf7c904e 100644
--- a/NEWS.libfswatch
+++ b/NEWS.libfswatch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 NEWS
 ****
 
-New in 1.18.0-rc1
+New in 1.18.0-rc3
 
   * Documentation: add reference to Go bindings.
 
diff --git a/libfswatch/src/libfswatch/c++/path_utils.hpp b/libfswatch/src/libfswatch/c++/path_utils.hpp
index e4188224..e08b8387 100644
--- a/libfswatch/src/libfswatch/c++/path_utils.hpp
+++ b/libfswatch/src/libfswatch/c++/path_utils.hpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace fsw
    * 
    * @param path The directory whose entries must be returned.
    * @return A vector containing the list of entries of @p path.
-   * @since 1.18.0-rc1
+   * @since 1.18.0-rc3
    */
   std::vector<std::filesystem::directory_entry> get_directory_entries(const std::filesystem::path& path);
   
diff --git a/m4/fswatch_version.m4 b/m4/fswatch_version.m4
index 32c6512b..5af5ecb8 100644
--- a/m4/fswatch_version.m4
+++ b/m4/fswatch_version.m4
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
 # this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
-m4_define([FSWATCH_VERSION], [1.18.0-rc1])
+m4_define([FSWATCH_VERSION], [1.18.0-rc3])
 m4_define([FSWATCH_REVISION], [1])
diff --git a/m4/libfswatch_version.m4 b/m4/libfswatch_version.m4
index 9e97aaee..de64c2a3 100644
--- a/m4/libfswatch_version.m4
+++ b/m4/libfswatch_version.m4
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@
 #
 # Libtool documentation, 7.3 Updating library version information
 #
-m4_define([LIBFSWATCH_VERSION], [1.18.0-rc1])
+m4_define([LIBFSWATCH_VERSION], [1.18.0-rc3])
 m4_define([LIBFSWATCH_API_VERSION], [13:1:0])
 m4_define([LIBFSWATCH_REVISION], [1])