diff --git a/utils/jdvue/bin/jdvue b/utils/jdvue/bin/jdvue
index 86adfb4..106bad2 100755
--- a/utils/jdvue/bin/jdvue
+++ b/utils/jdvue/bin/jdvue
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 JDVUE_ROOT=${JDVUE_ROOT:-$(dirname $0)/..}
 cd $JDVUE_ROOT
-VER=1.3.0-SNAPSHOT
+VER=1.3.0-rc3
 JAR=$PWD/target/jdvue-${VER}.jar # start with the dev jar first
 cd - >/dev/null
 
diff --git a/utils/jdvue/pom.xml b/utils/jdvue/pom.xml
index 3fe237b..8dfd771 100644
--- a/utils/jdvue/pom.xml
+++ b/utils/jdvue/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>onlab-utils</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.3.0-rc3</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>