diff --git a/configure/RELEASE b/configure/RELEASE
index 02ab7e9a6e2e32d84466ddc7ff26409a831d02f3..83f0ec5608382f54f36df77ad211e0927c0dffa5 100644
--- a/configure/RELEASE
+++ b/configure/RELEASE
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 EPICS_BASE:=/epics/base-7.0.4
 
 E3_REQUIRE_NAME:=require
-E3_REQUIRE_VERSION:=3.2.1
+E3_REQUIRE_VERSION:=3.3.0
 
 # The definitions shown below can also be placed in an untracked RELEASE.local
 -include $(TOP)/../../RELEASE.local