diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a00bf2444..1ee76d11b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v2.0.0-beta3
+v2.0.0-rc1
diff --git a/icingaweb2.spec b/icingaweb2.spec
index 84c3e0b13..0549b7b50 100644
--- a/icingaweb2.spec
+++ b/icingaweb2.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Icinga Web 2 | (c) 2013-2015 Icinga Development Team | GPLv2+
 
-%define revision 3.beta3
+%define revision 4.rc1
 
 Name:           icingaweb2
 Version:        2.0.0