diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1a20fcaf..3e29f12a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ssh-protocol"
-version = "0.1.0-pre.0"
+version = "0.3.0-rc.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ssh-cipher",
  "ssh-encoding",
diff --git a/ssh-protocol/Cargo.toml b/ssh-protocol/Cargo.toml
index f79b0013..849974ef 100644
--- a/ssh-protocol/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ssh-protocol/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ssh-protocol"
-version = "0.1.0-pre.0"
+version = "0.3.0-rc.0"
 description = """
 Pure Rust implementation of the SSH protocol as described in RFC4251/RFC4253 as well as
 OpenSSH-specific extensions (WIP)