diff --git a/jupytext/version.py b/jupytext/version.py
index fcd04bcd4..a2c57aeb4 100644
--- a/jupytext/version.py
+++ b/jupytext/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Jupytext's version number"""
 
-__version__ = "1.5.0.rc2"
+__version__ = "1.5.0.rc3"