diff --git a/queue_classic.gemspec b/queue_classic.gemspec
index ec27a0da..53dfd27a 100644
--- a/queue_classic.gemspec
+++ b/queue_classic.gemspec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name          = "queue_classic"
   s.email         = "r@32k.io"
-  s.version       = "3.0.0beta"
+  s.version       = "3.0.0rc"
   s.date          = "2013-01-02"
   s.description   = "queue_classic is a queueing library for Ruby apps. (Rails, Sinatra, Etc...) queue_classic features asynchronous job polling, database maintained locks and no ridiculous dependencies. As a matter of fact, queue_classic only requires pg."
   s.summary       = "Simple, efficient worker queue for Ruby & PostgreSQL."