diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index ce7496254f..84cbe6e230 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version=5.3.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
+version=5.3.0.RC1
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
 org.gradle.caching=true
 org.gradle.parallel=true