diff --git a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_operators.c b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_operators.c
index 211b0824ea753109000cf6defa3989280780ff84..54c0e036c633f14b88d5df179e21eb5a60ef0e86 100644
--- a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_operators.c
+++ b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_operators.c
@@ -1929,7 +1929,7 @@ static uiBlock *wm_block_create_splash(bContext *C, ARegion *ar, void *UNUSED(ar
 	/* label for 'a' bugfix releases, or 'Release Candidate 1'...
 	 *  avoids recreating splash for version updates */
 	if (STREQ(STRINGIFY(BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE), "rc")) {
-		version_suffix = "Release Candidate 2";
+		version_suffix = "Release Candidate 3";
 	}
 	else if (STREQ(STRINGIFY(BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE), "release")) {
 		version_suffix = STRINGIFY(BLENDER_VERSION_CHAR);