diff --git a/charts/kubewarden-controller/Chart.yaml b/charts/kubewarden-controller/Chart.yaml
index 50cc44bd..79f36f39 100644
--- a/charts/kubewarden-controller/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/kubewarden-controller/Chart.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ maintainers:
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 2.5.0-rc1
+version: 3.0.0-rc1
 # This is the version of Kubewarden stack
 appVersion: v1.17.0-rc1
 annotations:
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ annotations:
   catalog.cattle.io/requests-cpu: "250m"
   catalog.cattle.io/requests-memory: "50Mi"
   catalog.cattle.io/rancher-version: ">= 2.6.0-0 <= 2.9.100-0" # Chart will only be available for users in the specified Rancher version(s), here its 2.5.0-2.5.99. This _must_ use build metadata or it won't work correctly for future RC's.
-  catalog.cattle.io/upstream-version: 2.5.0-rc1
+  catalog.cattle.io/upstream-version: 3.0.0-rc1
   # Valid values for the following annotation include: `cluster-tool`, `app` or `cluster-template`
   # See the Cluster Tools section to learn more about when to set this value to `cluster-tool`.
   catalog.cattle.io/type: cluster-tool