diff --git a/build/version.go b/build/version.go
index 702ca7a07..3e18f42f9 100644
--- a/build/version.go
+++ b/build/version.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const (
 
 	// AppPreRelease MUST only contain characters from semanticAlphabet per
 	// the semantic versioning spec.
-	AppPreRelease = "beta.rc2"
+	AppPreRelease = "beta.rc3"
 )
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e8c0dbe7a..b1d4c9bfe 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/clock v1.1.1
 	github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/fn/v2 v2.0.8
 	github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/healthcheck v1.2.6
-	github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/kvdb v1.4.15
+	github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/kvdb v1.4.16
 	github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/queue v1.1.1
 	github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/sqldb v1.0.9
 	github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/ticker v1.1.1
@@ -216,5 +216,3 @@ replace google.golang.org/protobuf => github.com/lightninglabs/protobuf-go-hex-d
 go 1.23.6
 
 retract v0.0.2
-
-replace github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/kvdb => ./kvdb
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2f385e6d2..5f195fa6e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -371,6 +371,8 @@ github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/fn/v2 v2.0.8 h1:r2SLz7gZYQPVc3IZhU82M66guz3Zk2oY
 github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/fn/v2 v2.0.8/go.mod h1:TOzwrhjB/Azw1V7aa8t21ufcQmdsQOQMDtxVOQWNl8s=
 github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/healthcheck v1.2.6 h1:1sWhqr93GdkWy4+6U7JxBfcyZIE78MhIHTJZfPx7qqI=
 github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/healthcheck v1.2.6/go.mod h1:Mu02um4CWY/zdTOvFje7WJgJcHyX2zq/FG3MhOAiGaQ=
+github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/kvdb v1.4.16 h1:9BZgWdDfjmHRHLS97cz39bVuBAqMc4/p3HX1xtUdbDI=
+github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/kvdb v1.4.16/go.mod h1:HW+bvwkxNaopkz3oIgBV6NEnV4jCEZCACFUcNg4xSjM=
 github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/queue v1.1.1 h1:99ovBlpM9B0FRCGYJo6RSFDlt8/vOkQQZznVb18iNMI=
 github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/queue v1.1.1/go.mod h1:7A6nC1Qrm32FHuhx/mi1cieAiBZo5O6l8IBIoQxvkz4=
 github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/sqldb v1.0.9 h1:7OHi+Hui823mB/U9NzCdlZTAGSVdDCbjp33+6d/Q+G0=