diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index d6e52b9dc9acd7e0477ef2187f632be03b82472c..521120043705cac24a3090a269625717a411cb9f 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -125,11 +125,8 @@ func (version *VersionIdentifier) MatchesMinorVersion(
 }
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Version number for DOCKER/build.sh
-
-// NOTE [ben]: deprecate public const version string
-const TENDERMINT_VERSION = "0.5.0"
+// Version number for tests/build_tool.sh
 
 // IMPORTANT: Eris-DB version must be on the last line of this file for
-// the deployment script DOCKER/build.sh to pick up the right label.
-const VERSION = "0.12.0-rc2"
+// the deployment script tests/build_tool.sh to pick up the right label.
+const VERSION = "0.12.0-rc3"
\ No newline at end of file