diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6338d0f25eeb..982b77752432 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
     "name": "framework-espidf3",
     "system": "*",
     "url": "https://github.com/rohansingh/esp-idf",
-    "version": "3.0"
+    "version": "3.0.0-rc1"
 }