diff --git a/.github/workflows/pex-build-upload.yml b/.github/workflows/pex-build-upload.yml
index eb61732c4..38890cf0c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pex-build-upload.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pex-build-upload.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   pex_build_publish:
-    # if: false  # disable
+    if: false  # disable as this is not working with multiple python versions
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: ['3.7', '3.8',  '3.9']
+          python-version: 3.x
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
diff --git a/kapitan/version.py b/kapitan/version.py
index 6ef980256..93c7e1612 100644
--- a/kapitan/version.py
+++ b/kapitan/version.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 """Project description variables."""
 
 PROJECT_NAME = "kapitan"
-VERSION = "0.30.0a8"
+VERSION = "0.30.0rc1"
 DESCRIPTION = "Generic templated configuration management for Kubernetes, Terraform and other things"
 AUTHOR = "Ricardo Amaro"
 AUTHOR_EMAIL = "ramaro@kapicorp.com"