diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e724aedc..817b508b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,21 +5,21 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-[Unreleased]
+## [3.0.0-rc.1] - 2024-02-16
 
 ### Added
 
-- Added reset strategies (#487)
+- Add reset strategies (#487)
 - Read `esp-println` generated `defmt` messages (#466)
 - Add `--target-app-partition` argument to flash command (#461)
 - Add `--confirm-port` argument to flash command (#455)
 - Add `--chip argument` for flash and write-bin commands (#514)
 - Add `--partition-table-offset` argument for specifying the partition table offset (#516)
-- Add `Serialize` and `Deserialize` to `FlashFrequency`, `FlashMode` and `FlashSize`. (#528)
+- Add `Serialize` and `Deserialize` to `FlashFrequency`, `FlashMode` and `FlashSize` (#528)
 - Add `checksum-md5` command (#536)
 - Add verify and skipping of unchanged flash regions - add `--no-verify` and `--no-skip` (#538)
 - Add `--min-chip-rev` argument to specify minimum chip revision (#525)
-- Add `serialport` feature. (#535)
+- Add `serialport` feature (#535)
 - Add support for 26 MHz bootloader for ESP32 and ESP32-C2 (#553)
 - Add CI check to verify that CHANGELOG is updated (#560)
 - Add `--before` and `--after` reset arguments (#561)
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Use partition table instead of hard-coded values for the location of partitions (#516)
 - Fix a missed `flush` call that may be causing communication errors (#521)
 - Fix "SHA-256 comparison failed: [...] attempting to boot anyway..." (#567)
-- Windows: Update RST/DTR order to avoid issues.
+- Windows: Update RST/DTR order to avoid issues (#562)
 - Tolerate non-utf8 data in boot detection (#573)
-- Fix flash/monitoring of 26mhz targets (#584)
+- Fix flash/monitoring of 26MHz targets (#584)
 
 ### Changed
 
-- Created `FlashData`, `FlashDataBuilder` and `FlashSettings` structs to reduce number of input arguments in some functions (#512, #566)
+- Create `FlashData`, `FlashDataBuilder` and `FlashSettings` structs to reduce number of input arguments in some functions (#512, #566)
 - `espflash` will now exit with an error if `defmt` is selected but not usable (#524)
 - Unify configuration methods (#551)
 - MSRV bumped to `1.73.0` (#578)
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [1.0.0] - 2021-09-21
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/esp-rs/espflash/compare/v2.1.0...HEAD
+[3.0.0-rc.1]: https://github.com/esp-rs/espflash/compare/v2.1.0...v3.0.0-rc.1
 [2.1.0]: https://github.com/esp-rs/espflash/compare/v2.0.1...v2.1.0
 [2.0.1]: https://github.com/esp-rs/espflash/compare/v2.0.0...v2.0.1
 [2.0.0]: https://github.com/esp-rs/espflash/compare/v2.0.0-rc.4...v2.0.0
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 25315a25..5ea0221e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -213,15 +213,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "3.14.0"
+version = "3.15.0"
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-checksum = "7f30e7476521f6f8af1a1c4c0b8cc94f0bee37d91763d0ca2665f299b6cd8aec"
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-checksum = "ed2490600f404f2b94c167e31d3ed1d5f3c225a0f3b80230053b3e0b7b962bd9"
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- "syn 2.0.48",
+ "syn 2.0.49",
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 [[package]]
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "shell-escape",
  "supports-hyperlinks 2.1.0",
- "syn 2.0.48",
+ "syn 2.0.49",
  "tar",
  "tempfile",
  "time",
@@ -342,9 +342,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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+version = "0.4.2"
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+checksum = "ec27ad011c37339b865c765fa28096cd63d5b25fab680c04d9e410cb586c327d"
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  "libc",
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  "thiserror",
  "time",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
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+version = "0.4.2"
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-checksum = "1e66f527855fced262c773931afd15340dcb0b5094f009fcb97e51dde994bc09"
+checksum = "26b0ff7a44dd0af0fcd8d09bb1a6d7f7652847cba10aad017a6ea0a25ba7f00f"
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@@ -368,9 +368,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.4.2"
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-checksum = "e07c6d49412548e3bbe9824c9259253bf0355e9f4bd22aa859ea22db154ac0b5"
+checksum = "4b7cf89a47dc2c20ae3a7c94335e151be32c20f85cc2790defdb1f5dac818de5"
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  "security-framework",
@@ -378,23 +378,23 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.4.2"
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+checksum = "341df45dc893bdffa36e2f7cbe3da90b38c5c74e7f4c0088ac801fd055b6df5b"
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- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
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-version = "3.0.0-dev"
+version = "3.0.0-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "cargo",
  "cargo_metadata",
  "clap",
- "env_logger",
- "esp-idf-part",
+ "env_logger 0.10.2",
+ "esp-idf-part 0.4.1",
  "espflash",
  "log",
  "miette",
@@ -405,23 +405,24 @@ dependencies = [
 
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+version = "0.1.7"
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-checksum = "ceed8ef69d8518a5dda55c07425450b58a4e1946f4951eab6d7191ee86c2443d"
+checksum = "694c8807f2ae16faecc43dc17d74b3eb042482789fd0eb64b39a2e04e087053f"
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+version = "0.2.9"
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-checksum = "bb2bdd1d8ab2353ddd763881eaba60cb53f1deee0ff9d271b9f0e4cdbcd063fb"
+checksum = "74862c3c6e53a1c1f8f0178f9d38ab41e49746cd3a7cafc239b3d0248fd4e342"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "core-foundation",
  "filetime",
  "hex",
+ "ignore",
  "jobserver",
  "libc",
  "miow",
@@ -431,7 +432,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tempfile",
  "tracing",
  "walkdir",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
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 [[package]]
@@ -466,9 +467,9 @@ checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
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 name = "clap"
-version = "4.4.18"
+version = "4.5.0"
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-checksum = "1e578d6ec4194633722ccf9544794b71b1385c3c027efe0c55db226fc880865c"
+checksum = "80c21025abd42669a92efc996ef13cfb2c5c627858421ea58d5c3b331a6c134f"
 dependencies = [
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  "clap_derive",
@@ -476,43 +477,43 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "4.4.18"
+version = "4.5.0"
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-checksum = "4df4df40ec50c46000231c914968278b1eb05098cf8f1b3a518a95030e71d1c7"
+checksum = "458bf1f341769dfcf849846f65dffdf9146daa56bcd2a47cb4e1de9915567c99"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
  "clap_lex",
- "strsim",
+ "strsim 0.11.0",
  "terminal_size",
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-version = "4.4.10"
+version = "4.5.0"
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-checksum = "abb745187d7f4d76267b37485a65e0149edd0e91a4cfcdd3f27524ad86cee9f3"
+checksum = "299353be8209bd133b049bf1c63582d184a8b39fd9c04f15fe65f50f88bdfe6c"
 dependencies = [
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-version = "4.4.7"
+version = "4.5.0"
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-checksum = "cf9804afaaf59a91e75b022a30fb7229a7901f60c755489cc61c9b423b836442"
+checksum = "307bc0538d5f0f83b8248db3087aa92fe504e4691294d0c96c0eabc33f47ba47"
 dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.48",
+ "syn 2.0.49",
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-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.7.0"
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-checksum = "702fc72eb24e5a1e48ce58027a675bc24edd52096d5397d4aea7c6dd9eca0bd1"
+checksum = "98cc8fbded0c607b7ba9dd60cd98df59af97e84d24e49c8557331cfc26d301ce"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clru"
@@ -624,9 +625,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.39.1"
+version = "0.39.2"
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-checksum = "a4530c82103cc1a9c776970623b07b0f5ad097c477b1b0c69d114eb1132db1a8"
+checksum = "6622f902c3c338eced1f000091f034846ae36aadaf35d0acd1ab0469a2d8ef1f"
 dependencies = [
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  "percent-encoding",
@@ -638,9 +639,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.3.2"
+version = "1.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b540bd8bc810d3885c6ea91e2018302f68baba2129ab3e88f32389ee9370880d"
+checksum = "b3855a8a784b474f333699ef2bbca9db2c4a1f6d9088a90a2d25b1eb53111eaa"
 dependencies = [
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 ]
@@ -784,24 +785,24 @@ dependencies = [
 
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 name = "curl"
-version = "0.4.44"
+version = "0.4.46"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "509bd11746c7ac09ebd19f0b17782eae80aadee26237658a6b4808afb5c11a22"
+checksum = "1e2161dd6eba090ff1594084e95fd67aeccf04382ffea77999ea94ed42ec67b6"
 dependencies = [
  "curl-sys",
  "libc",
  "openssl-probe",
  "openssl-sys",
  "schannel",
- "socket2 0.4.10",
- "winapi",
+ "socket2",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
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-version = "0.4.71+curl-8.6.0"
+version = "0.4.72+curl-8.6.0"
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-checksum = "c7b12a7ab780395666cb576203dc3ed6e01513754939a600b85196ccf5356bc5"
+checksum = "29cbdc8314c447d11e8fd156dcdd031d9e02a7a976163e396b548c03153bc9ea"
 dependencies = [
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  "libc",
@@ -810,7 +811,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "pkg-config",
  "vcpkg",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -833,7 +834,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ident_case",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "strsim",
+ "strsim 0.10.0",
  "syn 1.0.109",
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@@ -850,9 +851,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "defmt-decoder"
-version = "0.3.9"
+version = "0.3.10"
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-checksum = "5cc8c950fcaefdfce609498332b92c9b235c431d85c6c71908142cbb55709140"
+checksum = "edfd9e4fb2a0ad57aac44194390825607592bee871dbee99188b8287e601dffa"
 dependencies = [
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  "byteorder",
@@ -882,9 +883,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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+version = "0.3.4"
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+checksum = "ff4a5fefe330e8d7f31b16a318f9ce81000d8e35e69b93eae154d16d2278f70f"
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@@ -1027,9 +1028,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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+version = "1.10.0"
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 [[package]]
 name = "elliptic-curve"
@@ -1067,6 +1068,16 @@ dependencies = [
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+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a009aa4810eb158359dda09d0c87378e4bbb89b5a801f016885a4707ba24f7ea"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "regex",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -1080,6 +1091,19 @@ dependencies = [
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+version = "0.11.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c012a26a7f605efc424dd53697843a72be7dc86ad2d01f7814337794a12231d"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "env_filter",
+ "humantime",
+ "log",
+]
+
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 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -1113,7 +1137,7 @@ checksum = "28192549b6c3d0bfd3be8ff694802b8d92ff7e1b12a6fd0285ca96c66e97bed3"
 dependencies = [
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  "deku",
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+ "heapless 0.7.17",
  "md5",
  "parse_int",
  "regex",
@@ -1123,9 +1147,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "esp-idf-part"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "59f50b6c32370067087b46087cd5333f2dfe678f0b01223fa70fde6f15449844"
+dependencies = [
+ "csv",
+ "deku",
+ "heapless 0.8.0",
+ "md5",
+ "parse_int",
+ "regex",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_plain",
+ "strum 0.26.1",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "espflash"
-version = "3.0.0-dev"
+version = "3.0.0-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
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  "base64",
@@ -1139,8 +1181,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "defmt-parser",
  "dialoguer",
  "directories",
- "env_logger",
- "esp-idf-part",
+ "env_logger 0.11.2",
+ "esp-idf-part 0.5.0",
  "flate2",
  "hex",
  "indicatif",
@@ -1352,9 +1394,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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@@ -1442,7 +1484,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "itoa",
  "thiserror",
- "winnow",
+ "winnow 0.5.40",
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 [[package]]
@@ -1521,7 +1563,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "smallvec",
  "thiserror",
  "unicode-bom",
- "winnow",
+ "winnow 0.5.40",
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 [[package]]
@@ -1739,7 +1781,7 @@ checksum = "d75e7ab728059f595f6ddc1ad8771b8d6a231971ae493d9d5948ecad366ee8bb"
 dependencies = [
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  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.48",
+ "syn 2.0.49",
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 [[package]]
@@ -1774,7 +1816,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "smallvec",
  "thiserror",
- "winnow",
+ "winnow 0.5.40",
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 [[package]]
@@ -1894,7 +1936,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "gix-transport",
  "maybe-async",
  "thiserror",
- "winnow",
+ "winnow 0.5.40",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1926,7 +1968,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "memmap2 0.7.1",
  "thiserror",
- "winnow",
+ "winnow 0.5.40",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2165,6 +2207,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hash32"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "47d60b12902ba28e2730cd37e95b8c9223af2808df9e902d4df49588d1470606"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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 version = "0.14.3"
@@ -2178,13 +2229,24 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cdc6457c0eb62c71aac4bc17216026d8410337c4126773b9c5daba343f17964f"
 dependencies = [
  "atomic-polyfill",
- "hash32",
+ "hash32 0.2.1",
  "rustc_version",
  "serde",
  "spin",
  "stable_deref_trait",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "heapless"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0bfb9eb618601c89945a70e254898da93b13be0388091d42117462b265bb3fad"
+dependencies = [
+ "hash32 0.3.1",
+ "serde",
+ "stable_deref_trait",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.4.1"
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 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
-version = "0.3.5"
+version = "0.3.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d0c62115964e08cb8039170eb33c1d0e2388a256930279edca206fff675f82c3"
+checksum = "bd5256b483761cd23699d0da46cc6fd2ee3be420bbe6d020ae4a091e70b7e9fd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hex"
@@ -2299,7 +2361,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "httpdate",
  "itoa",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "socket2 0.5.5",
+ "socket2",
  "tokio",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -2315,7 +2377,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "http",
  "hyper",
- "rustls",
+ "rustls 0.21.10",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls",
 ]
@@ -2368,9 +2430,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
-version = "2.2.2"
+version = "2.2.3"
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+ "zeroize",
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+
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+dependencies = [
+ "ring",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "untrusted",
+]
+
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+
 [[package]]
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@@ -3877,7 +3966,7 @@ dependencies = [
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+ "syn 2.0.49",
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@@ -3929,9 +4018,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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 [[package]]
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+ "syn 2.0.49",
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  "num_cpus",
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+ "rustls 0.21.10",
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+ "toml_edit 0.22.6",
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 [[package]]
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+ "winnow 0.5.40",
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 [[package]]
@@ -4183,20 +4272,20 @@ dependencies = [
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  "serde",
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+ "winnow 0.6.1",
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+ "syn 2.0.49",
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  "flate2",
  "log",
  "once_cell",
- "rustls",
- "rustls-webpki",
+ "rustls 0.22.2",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "rustls-webpki 0.102.2",
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- "webpki-roots",
+ "webpki-roots 0.26.1",
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+checksum = "c1e124130aee3fb58c5bdd6b639a0509486b0338acaaae0c84a5124b0f588b7f"
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+ "syn 2.0.49",
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-checksum = "3e4c238561b2d428924c49815533a8b9121c664599558a5d9ec51f8a1740a999"
+checksum = "b30af9e2d358182b5c7449424f017eba305ed32a7010509ede96cdc4696c46ed"
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@@ -4498,28 +4588,28 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-checksum = "bae1abb6806dc1ad9e560ed242107c0f6c84335f1749dd4e8ddb012ebd5e25a7"
+checksum = "642f325be6301eb8107a83d12a8ac6c1e1c54345a7ef1a9261962dfefda09e66"
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-checksum = "4d91413b1c31d7539ba5ef2451af3f0b833a005eb27a631cec32bc0635a8602b"
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+dependencies = [
+ "rustls-pki-types",
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+
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+checksum = "f593a95398737aeed53e489c785df13f3618e41dbcd6718c6addbf1395aa6876"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
+[[package]]
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diff --git a/cargo-espflash/Cargo.toml b/cargo-espflash/Cargo.toml
index daa5d106..005b39bf 100644
--- a/cargo-espflash/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cargo-espflash/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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-version = "3.0.0-dev"
+version = "3.0.0-rc.1"
 edition = "2021"
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 clap = { version = "4.4.18", features = ["derive", "wrap_help"] }
 env_logger = "0.10.2"
 esp-idf-part = "0.4.1"
-espflash = { version = "3.0.0-dev", path = "../espflash" }
+espflash = { version = "3.0.0-rc.1", path = "../espflash" }
 log = "0.4.20"
 miette = { version = "7.0.0", features = ["fancy"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.196", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/espflash/Cargo.toml b/espflash/Cargo.toml
index 57ead78f..8b60f29e 100644
--- a/espflash/Cargo.toml
+++ b/espflash/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "espflash"
-version = "3.0.0-dev"
+version = "3.0.0-rc.1"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.73"
 description  = "A command-line tool for flashing Espressif devices"
@@ -29,15 +29,15 @@ bytemuck = { version = "1.14.1", features = ["derive"] }
 clap = { version = "4.4.18", features = ["derive", "env", "wrap_help"], optional = true }
 clap_complete = { version = "4.4.10", optional = true }
 comfy-table = { version = "7.1.0", optional = true }
-crossterm = { version = "0.25.0", optional = true } # 0.26.x causes issues on Windows
+crossterm = { version = "0.25.0", optional = true } # 0.26.x and 0.27.x causes issues on Windows
 ctrlc = { version = "3.4.2", optional = true }
 # defmt dependencies are pinned since defmt does not guarantee MSRV even for patch releases
-defmt-decoder = { version = "=0.3.9", features = ["unstable"], optional = true }
-defmt-parser = { version = "=0.3.3", features = ["unstable"], optional = true }
+defmt-decoder = { version = "=0.3.10", features = ["unstable"], optional = true }
+defmt-parser = { version = "=0.3.4", features = ["unstable"], optional = true }
 dialoguer = { version = "0.11.0", optional = true }
 directories = { version = "5.0.1", optional = true }
-env_logger = { version = "0.10.2", optional = true }
-esp-idf-part = "0.4.1"
+env_logger = { version = "0.11.2", optional = true }
+esp-idf-part = "0.5.0"
 flate2 = "1.0.28"
 hex = { version = "0.4.3", features = ["serde"], optional = true }
 indicatif = { version = "0.17.7", optional = true }