diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4560f396b25..d16131c5c6a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
   decided at the October 2023 meeting that this was a mistake and will
   be removed in an erratum.
 
-# Fix potential crash in CUDA memory hooks
+# Fix potential crash in GPU memory hooks
 
 
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diff --git a/maint/version.m4 b/maint/version.m4
index 45d16b0ff34..784b19ac3fd 100644
--- a/maint/version.m4
+++ b/maint/version.m4
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # changing this by playing with diversions, but then we would probably be
 # playing with autotools-fire.
 
-m4_define([MPICH_VERSION_m4],[4.2.0rc2])dnl
+m4_define([MPICH_VERSION_m4],[4.2.0rc3])dnl
 m4_define([MPICH_RELEASE_DATE_m4],[unreleased development copy])dnl
 
 # For libtool ABI versioning rules see: