diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 74f64ff67..c360054d8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [4.0.0-rc.3](https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware/compare/v4.0.0-rc.2...v4.0.0-rc.3) (2020-07-14)
+
+* internal improvements
+
 ## [4.0.0-rc.2](https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware/compare/v4.0.0-rc.1...v4.0.0-rc.2) (2020-06-30)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c020fd144..66cdfb287 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "webpack-dev-middleware",
-  "version": "4.0.0-rc.2",
+  "version": "4.0.0-rc.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ea30baceb..3812d6409 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "webpack-dev-middleware",
-  "version": "4.0.0-rc.2",
+  "version": "4.0.0-rc.3",
   "description": "A development middleware for webpack",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": "webpack/webpack-dev-middleware",