diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 35f72ff64cc..9ccd0365b0a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
     <artifactId>elasticsearch</artifactId>
-    <version>0.19.0.RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.19.0.RC3</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <description>ElasticSearch - Open Source, Distributed, RESTful Search Engine</description>
     <inceptionYear>2009</inceptionYear>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java
index 61674f8e251..b4347720584 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class Version implements Serializable {
     public static final Version V_0_19_0_RC2 = new Version(V_0_19_0_RC2_ID, false);
 
     public static final int V_0_19_0_RC3_ID = /*00*/190053;
-    public static final Version V_0_19_0_RC3 = new Version(V_0_19_0_RC3_ID, true);
+    public static final Version V_0_19_0_RC3 = new Version(V_0_19_0_RC3_ID, false);
 
     public static final Version CURRENT = V_0_19_0_RC3;