diff --git a/.github/workflows/testrelease_binary.yml b/.github/workflows/testrelease_binary.yml
index ae08741e..0e085e39 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testrelease_binary.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testrelease_binary.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ jobs:
           ls -l /opt/python/
           export PATH=/opt/python/${{ matrix.pythonpath }}/bin:$PATH
 
+          python -c "import setuptools;print('setuptools version', setuptools.__version__)"
           pip3 install auditwheel twine
           pip3 install urllib3==1.26.6    # use older version to avoid OpenSSL vesion issue
 
diff --git a/mfem/__init__.py b/mfem/__init__.py
index de94e3c2..2431cc42 100644
--- a/mfem/__init__.py
+++ b/mfem/__init__.py
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ def debug_print(message):
 
     print(message)
 
-__version__ = '4.7.0rc2'
+__version__ = '4.7.0rc3'