diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 1e5ee01..30216f5 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-389-ds-base-1.2.6.rc2.tar.bz2
+389-ds-base-1.2.6.rc3.tar.bz2
diff --git a/389-ds-base-git-local.sh b/389-ds-base-git-local.sh
index 2930297..999539c 100644
--- a/389-ds-base-git-local.sh
+++ b/389-ds-base-git-local.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`
 # use a real tag name here
-VERSION=1.2.6.rc2
+VERSION=1.2.6.rc3
 PKGNAME=389-ds-base
 TAG=${TAG:-$PKGNAME-$VERSION}
 #SRCNAME=$PKGNAME-$VERSION-$DATE
diff --git a/389-ds-base-git.sh b/389-ds-base-git.sh
index 9856881..4514966 100644
--- a/389-ds-base-git.sh
+++ b/389-ds-base-git.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`
 # use a real tag name here
-VERSION=1.2.6.rc2
+VERSION=1.2.6.rc3
 PKGNAME=389-ds-base
 TAG=${TAG:-$PKGNAME-$VERSION}
 URL="http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=389/ds.git;a=snapshot;h=$TAG;sf=tgz"
diff --git a/389-ds-base.spec b/389-ds-base.spec
index 0b54440..4d5b2e6 100644
--- a/389-ds-base.spec
+++ b/389-ds-base.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 %global pkgname   dirsrv
 # for a pre-release, define the prerel field e.g. .a1 .rc2 - comment out for official release
-%global prerel .rc2
+%global prerel .rc3
 # also need the relprefix field for a pre-release e.g. .0 - also comment out for official release
 %global relprefix 0.
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 Summary:          389 Directory Server (base)
 Name:             389-ds-base
 Version:          1.2.6
-Release:          %{?relprefix}7%{?prerel}%{?dist}
+Release:          %{?relprefix}8%{?prerel}%{?dist}
 License:          GPLv2 with exceptions
 URL:              http://port389.org/
 Group:            System Environment/Daemons
@@ -345,6 +345,17 @@ end
 %{_datadir}/%{pkgname}-selinux
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jul  1 2010 Rich Megginson <rmeggins@redhat.com> - 1.2.6-0.8.rc3
+- 1.2.6 release candidate 3
+- git tag 389-ds-base-1.2.6.rc3
+- Bug 603942 - null deref in _ger_parse_control() for subjectdn
+- 609256  - Selinux: pwdhash fails if called via Admin Server CGI
+- 578296  - Attribute type entrydn needs to be added when subtree rename switch is on
+- 605827 - In-place upgrade: upgrade dn format should not run in setup-ds-admin.pl
+- Bug 604453 - SASL Stress and Server crash: Program quits with the assertion failure in PR_Poll
+- Bug 604453 - SASL Stress and Server crash: Program quits with the assertion failure in PR_Poll
+- 606920 - anonymous resource limit - nstimelimit - also applied to "cn=directory manager"
+
 * Wed Jun 16 2010 Rich Megginson <rmeggins@redhat.com> - 1.2.6-0.7.rc2
 - 1.2.6 release candidate 2
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index b839a6e..ae9ee47 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5f27dda7ef5c0453f5db35135faf6dbf  389-ds-base-1.2.6.rc2.tar.bz2
+18511d2ec2b2b7704ae12e552077d1f6  389-ds-base-1.2.6.rc3.tar.bz2