diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f89eb4ce8..a68148c79 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20230301143203-a9d515a09cc2
 	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.25
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.4.1
-	github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v3.0.0-rc.2
+	github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v3.0.0-rc.3
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.9.11+incompatible
 	github.com/foxcpp/go-mockdns v1.1.0
 	github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a811b14cc..ea2d733e8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f h1:lO4WD4F/rVNCu3HqELle0jiPLLBs70cWOduZpkS1E78=
 github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f/go.mod h1:cuUVRXasLTGF7a8hSLbxyZXjz+1KgoB3wDUb6vlszIc=
-github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v3.0.0-rc.2 h1:tTrzntanYMbd20SyvdeR83Ya1l/aBwDcA3NCIpmwemc=
-github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v3.0.0-rc.2/go.mod h1:H2zIRRXS20ylnv2HTuKILAWuANjuA60GB7MLOsQag7Y=
+github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v3.0.0-rc.3 h1:JRJso9IVLoooKX76oWR+DWCCdZlK5m4nRtDWvzB1ITg=
+github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v3.0.0-rc.3/go.mod h1:offoOgrnYs+CFwis8nE0hyzYZqRCZj5EFc5kgfszwiE=
 github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0 h1:0IXCQ5g4/QMHHkarYzh5l+u8T3t73zM5QvfrDyIgxBk=
 github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0/go.mod h1:BbU0aIcezP1/5jX/8MP0YiH4SdvB5Y4f/wlDRiLyi3E=
 github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.8.2 h1:bX3YxiGzFP5sOXWc3bTPEXdEaZSeVMrFgOr3T+zrFAo=