diff --git a/cve_bin_tool/version.py b/cve_bin_tool/version.py
index 415fd6e2ec..bf156c21a5 100644
--- a/cve_bin_tool/version.py
+++ b/cve_bin_tool/version.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from cve_bin_tool.log import LOGGER
 from cve_bin_tool.util import make_http_requests
 
-VERSION: str = "3.3.1dev0"
+VERSION: str = "3.4rc0"
 
 HTTP_HEADERS: dict = {
     "User-Agent": f"cve-bin-tool/{VERSION} (https://github.com/intel/cve-bin-tool/)",