diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 7c1f014e13..8e8ecd1a72 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+2022.02-rc3, released February 28th, 2022
+
+	Fixes all over the tree.
+
+	Defconfigs: Xilinx zynqmp zcu102/zcu106: Fix U-Boot DTS config
+
+	Updated/fixed packages: bluez5_utils, bpftool, dbus, exempi,
+	flac, freerdp, frr, gnutls, libpjsip, libxml2, mariadb,
+	openssh, python-twisted, qt5webkit, samba4, vim, weston,
+	wireshark, wolfssl, xdg-dbus-proxy, xterm,
+
 2022.02-rc2, released February 20th, 2022
 
 	Fixes all over the tree.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0ed93e600d..4f693d40a9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ all:
 .PHONY: all
 
 # Set and export the version string
-export BR2_VERSION := 2022.02-rc2
+export BR2_VERSION := 2022.02-rc3
 # Actual time the release is cut (for reproducible builds)
-BR2_VERSION_EPOCH = 1645395000
+BR2_VERSION_EPOCH = 1646083800
 
 # Save running make version since it's clobbered by the make package
 RUNNING_MAKE_VERSION := $(MAKE_VERSION)
diff --git a/docs/website/download.html b/docs/website/download.html
index a1b2bc9632..891221e155 100644
--- a/docs/website/download.html
+++ b/docs/website/download.html
@@ -76,37 +76,37 @@
 	</div>
       </div>
 
-      <h3 style="text-align: center;">Latest release candidate: <b>2022.02-rc2</b></h3>
+      <h3 style="text-align: center;">Latest release candidate: <b>2022.02-rc3</b></h3>
       <div class="row mt centered">
 	<div class="col-sm-6">
 	  <div class="flip-container center-block" ontouchstart="this.classList.toggle('hover');">
 	    <div class="flipper">
 	      <div class="front">
-		<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2022.02-rc2.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
+		<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2022.02-rc3.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
 	      </div>
 	      <div class="back">
-		<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2022.02-rc2.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
+		<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2022.02-rc3.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
 	      </div>
 	    </div>
 	  </div>
 
-	  <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2022.02-rc2.tar.gz">buildroot-2022.02-rc2.tar.gz</a></h3>
-	  <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2022.02-rc2.tar.gz.sign">PGP signature</a></p>
+	  <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2022.02-rc3.tar.gz">buildroot-2022.02-rc3.tar.gz</a></h3>
+	  <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2022.02-rc3.tar.gz.sign">PGP signature</a></p>
 	</div>
 	<div class="col-sm-6">
 	  <div class="flip-container center-block" ontouchstart="this.classList.toggle('hover');">
 	    <div class="flipper">
 	      <div class="front">
-		<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2022.02-rc2.tar.bz2"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
+		<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2022.02-rc3.tar.bz2"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
 	      </div>
 	      <div class="back">
-		<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2022.02-rc2.tar.bz2"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
+		<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2022.02-rc3.tar.bz2"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
 	      </div>
 	    </div>
 	  </div>
 
-	  <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2022.02-rc2.tar.bz2">buildroot-2022.02-rc2.tar.bz2</a></h3>
-	  <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2022.02-rc2.tar.bz2.sign">PGP signature</a></p>
+	  <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2022.02-rc3.tar.bz2">buildroot-2022.02-rc3.tar.bz2</a></h3>
+	  <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2022.02-rc3.tar.bz2.sign">PGP signature</a></p>
 	</div>
       </div>
 
diff --git a/docs/website/news.html b/docs/website/news.html
index 3d979877e0..88885a058f 100644
--- a/docs/website/news.html
+++ b/docs/website/news.html
@@ -9,6 +9,27 @@
 <h2>News</h2>
 <ul class="timeline">
 
+  <li class="timeline-inverted">
+    <div class="timeline-badge"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-thumbs-up"></i></div>
+    <div class="timeline-panel">
+      <div class="timeline-heading">
+	<h4 class="timeline-title">2022.02-rc3 released</h4>
+	<p><small class="text-muted"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-time"></i>28 February 2022</small></p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="timeline-body">
+        <p>2022.02-rc3 has been released with more cleanups and build fixes. See the
+	  <a href="http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/plain/CHANGES?id=2022.02-rc3">CHANGES</a>
+	  file for details.</p>
+
+	<p>Head to the <a href="/downloads/">downloads page</a> to pick up the
+	  <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2022.02-rc3.tar.bz2">2022.02-rc3
+	  release candidate</a>, and report any problems found to the
+	  <a href="support.html">mailing list</a> or
+	  <a href="https://bugs.buildroot.org">bug tracker</a>.</p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </li>
+
   <li>
     <div class="timeline-badge"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-thumbs-up"></i></div>
     <div class="timeline-panel">