diff --git a/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json b/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json
index 07069dbc..a3aeb138 100644
--- a/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json
+++ b/npm/darwin-arm64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-darwin-arm64",
-  "version": "0.34.4-rc.2",
+  "version": "0.34.4-rc.3",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with macOS 64-bit ARM",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/darwin-x64/package.json b/npm/darwin-x64/package.json
index 7c462b9d..63a2e492 100644
--- a/npm/darwin-x64/package.json
+++ b/npm/darwin-x64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-darwin-x64",
-  "version": "0.34.4-rc.2",
+  "version": "0.34.4-rc.3",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with macOS x64",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/linux-arm/package.json b/npm/linux-arm/package.json
index f0271428..467655b0 100644
--- a/npm/linux-arm/package.json
+++ b/npm/linux-arm/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-linux-arm",
-  "version": "0.34.4-rc.2",
+  "version": "0.34.4-rc.3",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with Linux (glibc) ARM (32-bit)",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/linux-arm64/package.json b/npm/linux-arm64/package.json
index cb3279d5..a3980eae 100644
--- a/npm/linux-arm64/package.json
+++ b/npm/linux-arm64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-linux-arm64",
-  "version": "0.34.4-rc.2",
+  "version": "0.34.4-rc.3",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with Linux (glibc) 64-bit ARM",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/linux-ppc64/package.json b/npm/linux-ppc64/package.json
index d340d69c..611065c1 100644
--- a/npm/linux-ppc64/package.json
+++ b/npm/linux-ppc64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-linux-ppc64",
-  "version": "0.34.4-rc.2",
+  "version": "0.34.4-rc.3",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with Linux (glibc) ppc64",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/linux-s390x/package.json b/npm/linux-s390x/package.json
index ab540cc0..2b79845f 100644
--- a/npm/linux-s390x/package.json
+++ b/npm/linux-s390x/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-linux-s390x",
-  "version": "0.34.4-rc.2",
+  "version": "0.34.4-rc.3",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with Linux (glibc) s390x",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/linux-x64/package.json b/npm/linux-x64/package.json
index a4a63dee..523e64a7 100644
--- a/npm/linux-x64/package.json
+++ b/npm/linux-x64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-linux-x64",
-  "version": "0.34.4-rc.2",
+  "version": "0.34.4-rc.3",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with Linux (glibc) x64",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/linuxmusl-arm64/package.json b/npm/linuxmusl-arm64/package.json
index b0074a76..f104f2c6 100644
--- a/npm/linuxmusl-arm64/package.json
+++ b/npm/linuxmusl-arm64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-linuxmusl-arm64",
-  "version": "0.34.4-rc.2",
+  "version": "0.34.4-rc.3",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with Linux (musl) 64-bit ARM",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/linuxmusl-x64/package.json b/npm/linuxmusl-x64/package.json
index 954cbf6a..1b9c21c0 100644
--- a/npm/linuxmusl-x64/package.json
+++ b/npm/linuxmusl-x64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-linuxmusl-x64",
-  "version": "0.34.4-rc.2",
+  "version": "0.34.4-rc.3",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with Linux (musl) x64",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/package.json b/npm/package.json
index 038e0cf6..c57a76d7 100644
--- a/npm/package.json
+++ b/npm/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp",
-  "version": "0.34.4-rc.2",
+  "version": "0.34.4-rc.3",
   "private": "true",
   "workspaces": [
     "darwin-arm64",
diff --git a/npm/wasm32/package.json b/npm/wasm32/package.json
index 6ec45dd9..17fef619 100644
--- a/npm/wasm32/package.json
+++ b/npm/wasm32/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-wasm32",
-  "version": "0.34.4-rc.2",
+  "version": "0.34.4-rc.3",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with wasm32",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/win32-arm64/package.json b/npm/win32-arm64/package.json
index 83643b08..c454fd00 100644
--- a/npm/win32-arm64/package.json
+++ b/npm/win32-arm64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-win32-arm64",
-  "version": "0.34.4-rc.2",
+  "version": "0.34.4-rc.3",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with Windows 64-bit ARM",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/win32-ia32/package.json b/npm/win32-ia32/package.json
index 716f18fa..16be8b09 100644
--- a/npm/win32-ia32/package.json
+++ b/npm/win32-ia32/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-win32-ia32",
-  "version": "0.34.4-rc.2",
+  "version": "0.34.4-rc.3",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with Windows x86 (32-bit)",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/npm/win32-x64/package.json b/npm/win32-x64/package.json
index f4366a0a..6e90c4ff 100644
--- a/npm/win32-x64/package.json
+++ b/npm/win32-x64/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@img/sharp-win32-x64",
-  "version": "0.34.4-rc.2",
+  "version": "0.34.4-rc.3",
   "description": "Prebuilt sharp for use with Windows x64",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8c8c8e93..088a23ed 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "sharp",
   "description": "High performance Node.js image processing, the fastest module to resize JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, AVIF and TIFF images",
-  "version": "0.34.4-rc.2",
+  "version": "0.34.4-rc.3",
   "author": "Lovell Fuller <npm@lovell.info>",
   "homepage": "https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com",
   "contributors": [
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@
     "semver": "^7.7.2"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
-    "@img/sharp-darwin-arm64": "0.34.4-rc.2",
-    "@img/sharp-darwin-x64": "0.34.4-rc.2",
+    "@img/sharp-darwin-arm64": "0.34.4-rc.3",
+    "@img/sharp-darwin-x64": "0.34.4-rc.3",
     "@img/sharp-libvips-darwin-arm64": "1.2.2",
     "@img/sharp-libvips-darwin-x64": "1.2.2",
     "@img/sharp-libvips-linux-arm": "1.2.2",
@@ -153,17 +153,17 @@
     "@img/sharp-libvips-linux-x64": "1.2.2",
     "@img/sharp-libvips-linuxmusl-arm64": "1.2.2",
     "@img/sharp-libvips-linuxmusl-x64": "1.2.2",
-    "@img/sharp-linux-arm": "0.34.4-rc.2",
-    "@img/sharp-linux-arm64": "0.34.4-rc.2",
-    "@img/sharp-linux-ppc64": "0.34.4-rc.2",
-    "@img/sharp-linux-s390x": "0.34.4-rc.2",
-    "@img/sharp-linux-x64": "0.34.4-rc.2",
-    "@img/sharp-linuxmusl-arm64": "0.34.4-rc.2",
-    "@img/sharp-linuxmusl-x64": "0.34.4-rc.2",
-    "@img/sharp-wasm32": "0.34.4-rc.2",
-    "@img/sharp-win32-arm64": "0.34.4-rc.2",
-    "@img/sharp-win32-ia32": "0.34.4-rc.2",
-    "@img/sharp-win32-x64": "0.34.4-rc.2"
+    "@img/sharp-linux-arm": "0.34.4-rc.3",
+    "@img/sharp-linux-arm64": "0.34.4-rc.3",
+    "@img/sharp-linux-ppc64": "0.34.4-rc.3",
+    "@img/sharp-linux-s390x": "0.34.4-rc.3",
+    "@img/sharp-linux-x64": "0.34.4-rc.3",
+    "@img/sharp-linuxmusl-arm64": "0.34.4-rc.3",
+    "@img/sharp-linuxmusl-x64": "0.34.4-rc.3",
+    "@img/sharp-wasm32": "0.34.4-rc.3",
+    "@img/sharp-win32-arm64": "0.34.4-rc.3",
+    "@img/sharp-win32-ia32": "0.34.4-rc.3",
+    "@img/sharp-win32-x64": "0.34.4-rc.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@emnapi/runtime": "^1.5.0",