diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index 35eb8818d2..30b2ba4ef6 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project.organization=se.scalablesolutions.akka
 project.name=akka
 project.version=0.9
-scala.version=2.8.0.RC2
+scala.version=2.8.0.RC3
 sbt.version=0.7.4
 def.scala.version=2.7.7
-build.scala.versions=2.8.0.RC2
+build.scala.versions=2.8.0.RC3