diff --git a/archive/archive.xml b/archive/archive.xml
index 8bb7ad6fb..e710a8ee0 100644
--- a/archive/archive.xml
+++ b/archive/archive.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     <uri>http://php.net/contact</uri>
     <email>php-webmaster@lists.php.net</email>
   </author>
+  <xi:include href="entries/2018-10-25-1.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="entries/2018-10-12-2.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="entries/2018-10-12-1.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="entries/2018-10-11-3.xml"/>
diff --git a/archive/entries/2018-10-25-1.xml b/archive/entries/2018-10-25-1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d34658a32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive/entries/2018-10-25-1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+  <title>PHP 7.3.0RC4 Released</title>
+  <id>http://php.net/archive/2018.php#id2018-10-25-1</id>
+  <published>2018-10-25T11:07:32+02:00</published>
+  <updated>2018-10-25T11:07:32+02:00</updated>
+  <category term="frontpage" label="PHP.net frontpage news"/>
+  <link href="http://php.net/index.php#id2018-10-25-1" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/>
+  <link href="http://php.net/archive/2018.php#id2018-10-25-1" rel="via" type="text/html"/>
+  <content type="xhtml">
+    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+      <p>
+        The PHP team is glad to announce the next PHP 7.3.0 pre-release, PHP 7.3.0RC4.
+        The rough outline of the PHP 7.3 release cycle is specified in the
+        <a href="https://wiki.php.net/todo/php73">PHP Wiki</a>.
+      </p>
+
+      <p>
+        For source downloads of PHP 7.3.0RC4 please visit the <a href="https://downloads.php.net/~cmb/">download page</a>.
+        Windows sources and binaries can be found on <a href="https://windows.php.net/qa/">windows.php.net/qa/</a>.
+      </p>
+
+      <p>
+        Please carefully test this version and report any issues found in the <a href=" https://bugs.php.net">bug reporting system</a>.
+      </p>
+
+      <p>
+        <b>THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW - DO NOT USE IT IN PRODUCTION!</b>
+      </p>
+
+      <p>
+        For more information on the new features and other changes, you can read the
+        <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-7.3.0RC4/NEWS">NEWS</a> file,
+        or the <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-7.3.0RC4/UPGRADING">UPGRADING</a>
+        file for a complete list of upgrading notes. Internal changes are listed in the
+        <a href="https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-7.3.0RC4/UPGRADING.INTERNALS">UPGRADING.INTERNALS</a> file.
+        These files can also be found in the release archive.
+      </p>
+
+      <p>
+        The next release would be RC5, planned for November 8th.
+      </p>
+
+      <p>
+        The signatures for the release can be found in <a href="https://gist.github.com/cmb69/594d9a18290f1b019b2ba68a098413c6">the manifest</a>
+        or on <a href="https://qa.php.net/">the QA site</a>.
+      </p>
+
+      <p>
+        Thank you for helping us make PHP better.
+      </p>
+    </div>
+  </content>
+</entry>
diff --git a/include/version.inc b/include/version.inc
index 559c9f327..ca0e0c0a2 100644
--- a/include/version.inc
+++ b/include/version.inc
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
  * );
  */
 /* PHP 7.3 Release */
-$PHP_7_3_RC  = '7.3.0RC3';
-$PHP_7_3_RC_DATE = "11 Oct 2018";
+$PHP_7_3_RC  = '7.3.0RC4';
+$PHP_7_3_RC_DATE = "25 Oct 2018";
 
 /* PHP 7.2 Release */
 $PHP_7_2_RC = false; // Current RC version (e.g., '7.2.1RC1') or false