diff --git a/instaloader.py b/instaloader.py
index d15bf62..93fdb15 100755
--- a/instaloader.py
+++ b/instaloader.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import requests.utils
 import urllib3
 
 
-__version__ = '3.0rc0'
+__version__ = '3.0rc1'
 
 
 try: