diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a09de028e..c6d317b3a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "concrete-ml"
-version = "1.6.0-rc2"
+version = "1.6.0-rc3"
 description = "Concrete ML is an open-source set of tools which aims to simplify the use of fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) for data scientists."
 license = "BSD-3-Clause-Clear"
 authors = [
diff --git a/src/concrete/ml/version.py b/src/concrete/ml/version.py
index 8d853b8ed..aa47ae426 100644
--- a/src/concrete/ml/version.py
+++ b/src/concrete/ml/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 """File to manage the version of the package."""
 
 # Auto-generated by "make set_version" do not modify
-__version__ = "1.6.0-rc2"
+__version__ = "1.6.0-rc3"