diff --git a/bin/release.py b/bin/release.py
index de5518975d5..47c59deb140 100644
--- a/bin/release.py
+++ b/bin/release.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 name = 'openerp-server'
 version = '5.0.0'
-release = '2'
+release = '3'
 major_version = '5.0'
 description = 'OpenERP Server'
 long_desc = '''\
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d3420c25ffb..d8e3b9cd962 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ formats=rpm
 
 [bdist_rpm]
 # release must exactly match 'release' as set in bin/release.py
-release=2
+release=3
 
 requires=python >= 2.4
 #build-requires=python-devel >= 2.3