diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1d92c50..e9f91c2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "quarto-batch-convert"
-version = "2025.9.1rc1"
+version = "2025.9.1rc3"
 description = "Converts multiple Jupyter notebooks to Quarto documents at once"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/test_file b/test_file
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a852f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_file
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+test file for release
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 7b580bc..65699cc 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quarto-batch-convert"
-version = "2025.9.1rc1"
+version = "2025.9.1rc3"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "click" },