diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index beb09dcd4c010e83074f34704c81ae60ad6270cf..9b3b7df84112921d78dcaa8e43a0c535fcbd26e7 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.3.0-rc4
+0.3.0-rc5