diff --git a/src/Directory.Build.props b/src/Directory.Build.props
index eff65adbcb..6c4d832170 100644
--- a/src/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/Directory.Build.props
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Version>9.5.0</Version>
     <AssemblyVersion>9.5.0</AssemblyVersion>
-    <InformationalVersion>9.5.0-rc2</InformationalVersion>
+    <InformationalVersion>9.5.0-rc3</InformationalVersion>
     <FileVersion>9.5.0</FileVersion>
     <LangVersion Condition="'$(LangVersion)' == ''">9.0</LangVersion>
     <NeutralLanguage>en-US</NeutralLanguage>
diff --git a/templates/UmbracoPackage/.template.config/template.json b/templates/UmbracoPackage/.template.config/template.json
index 6284664c04..05220817e8 100644
--- a/templates/UmbracoPackage/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/templates/UmbracoPackage/.template.config/template.json
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
       "description": "The version of Umbraco.Cms to add as PackageReference.",
       "type": "parameter",
       "datatype": "string",
-      "defaultValue": "9.5.0-rc2",
+      "defaultValue": "9.5.0-rc3",
       "replaces": "UMBRACO_VERSION_FROM_TEMPLATE"
     },
     "namespaceReplacer": {
diff --git a/templates/UmbracoProject/.template.config/template.json b/templates/UmbracoProject/.template.config/template.json
index f73bd98922..8e0723944d 100644
--- a/templates/UmbracoProject/.template.config/template.json
+++ b/templates/UmbracoProject/.template.config/template.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
       "description": "The version of Umbraco.Cms to add as PackageReference.",
       "type": "parameter",
       "datatype": "string",
-      "defaultValue": "9.5.0-rc2",
+      "defaultValue": "9.5.0-rc3",
       "replaces": "UMBRACO_VERSION_FROM_TEMPLATE"
     },
     "UseHttpsRedirect": {