diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f7ad475..3751f19 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ARG BUILD_DATE
 ARG VCS_REF
 
 # https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases
-ENV SALT_VERSION="3005rc2"
+ENV SALT_VERSION="3005"
 ENV IMAGE_VERSION="${SALT_VERSION}"
 
 ENV SALT_DOCKER_DIR="/etc/docker-salt" \
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c34b7f8..5528a3e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3005rc2
+3005
\ No newline at end of file