diff --git a/container/public/package.json b/container/public/package.json
index 97cc8e5fa5..a13be14813 100644
--- a/container/public/package.json
+++ b/container/public/package.json
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@
         "micro-frontends",
         "microfrontends"
     ],
-    "version": "1.2.0-rc2"
+    "version": "1.2.0-rc3"
 }
diff --git a/scripts/npmPublish.sh b/scripts/npmPublish.sh
index f1ae84c036..6777328fe3 100755
--- a/scripts/npmPublish.sh
+++ b/scripts/npmPublish.sh
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function publishPackage {
 
     npm publish $BASE_DIR/../$PUBLISH_FOLDER --access public
     npm dist-tag add $NAME@$VERSION next
-    if [[ $VERSION != *"rc."* ]] && [[ $VERSION != *"next."* ]]; then
+    if [[ $VERSION != *"rc"* ]] && [[ $VERSION != *"next."* ]]; then
       echo "Tag $NAME@$VERSION with latest and next on npm"
       npm dist-tag add $NAME@$VERSION latest
     else