diff --git a/youtube_dlc/version.py b/youtube_dlc/version.py
index b48afe6c42..95fcb5fb31 100644
--- a/youtube_dlc/version.py
+++ b/youtube_dlc/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-__version__ = '2020.09.02-dev3'
+__version__ = '2020.09.03rc1'