diff --git a/pymysql/__init__.py b/pymysql/__init__.py
index 291d5c6a..4b6cc2a9 100644
--- a/pymysql/__init__.py
+++ b/pymysql/__init__.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 )
 
 
-VERSION = (1, 0, 3, "rc1")
+VERSION = (1, 0, 3, None)
 if VERSION[3] is not None:
     VERSION_STRING = "%d.%d.%d_%s" % VERSION
 else: