diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 186a9197dbabfca2f41f946f72242f14e322d9e0..9e58939672daeb8cea6be7b05f8ecdbb4ce4587c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.1-rc2
+1.7.1-rc3
diff --git a/arkindex/system_workers.yml b/arkindex/system_workers.yml
index 85e3954bf936f5690f0ba721c3003399c96ac716..3ed015d1284bf40f0bcfe7fbe1ad45d0424edca1 100644
--- a/arkindex/system_workers.yml
+++ b/arkindex/system_workers.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # When releasing Arkindex, check that the Docker images set here are up to date,
 # then update the `version` to the current Arkindex version as set in the `VERSION` file
 # to confirm that the images have been manually checked.
-version: 1.7.1-rc2
+version: 1.7.1-rc3
 
 features:
     file_import: