diff --git a/scripts/simapp/env b/scripts/simapp/env
index 4cef3fd3..c2f8a43d 100644
--- a/scripts/simapp/env
+++ b/scripts/simapp/env
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Choose from https://hub.docker.com/r/interchainio/simapp/tags
 REPOSITORY="interchainio/simapp"
-VERSION="v0.40.0-rc2"
+VERSION="v0.40.0-rc3"
 CONTAINER_NAME="simapp"