diff --git a/sys/conf/newvers.sh b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
index c4b969e4e8f6..a018c3261c4e 100644
--- a/sys/conf/newvers.sh
+++ b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
 TYPE="FreeBSD"
 REVISION="13.1"
-BRANCH="RC2"
+BRANCH="RC3"
 if [ -n "${BRANCH_OVERRIDE}" ]; then
 	BRANCH=${BRANCH_OVERRIDE}
 fi