diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 7ff7baf5196..3b6e5c79e71 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version=5.3.0-SNAPSHOT
+version=5.3.0-RC2
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536M
 org.gradle.caching=true
 org.gradle.parallel=true