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diff --git a/web/input/news/release-3-0-0-rc4.md b/web/input/news/release-3-0-0-rc4.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35d7f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/input/news/release-3-0-0-rc4.md
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+title: Version 3.0.0-rc4 released
+author: Lorenz Kästle
+date: 2026-06-08
+---
+
+The Monitoring Plugins Development Team announces version 3.0.0-rc4 of
+the Monitoring Plugins.
+
+This is the fourth release candidate for version 3.0.0. Against all hopes
+rc3 was not good enough :-)
+
+The most notable change compared to 3.0.0-rc3 is the change in the "summary" (the first line in the plugin output) of all
+the plugins with the new output functionality.
+It now contains either a topic specific OK message or (in the case of a non-OK state) the message from the worst-first failed subcheck.
+
+### Changes
+
+ - Changes/Features
+   - check_http and check_curl: custom timeout return state
+   - Error and OK summaries for the plugins with the new output functionality
+   - check_ups: implement modern output
+
+ - Fixes
+   - check_snmp: Put all privproto/authproto options into help
+   - check load: fix some inconsistencies mostly regarding the output text (Typos and such stuff)
+
+
+[download]: /download.html
+
+<!--% # vim:set filetype=markdown textwidth=78 joinspaces expandtab: # %-->
diff --git a/web/macros.py b/web/macros.py
index 97fba17..54a092c 100644
--- a/web/macros.py
+++ b/web/macros.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import math
 import os.path
 import time
 
-plugins_release = '3.0.0-rc3'
+plugins_release = '3.0.0-rc4'
 mib_release = '1.0.1'
 release_notes = 'news/release-%s.html' % plugins_release.replace('.', '-')
 site_url = 'https://www.monitoring-plugins.org/'