diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index b1250d05a..17bcb7796 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /*
  +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
  | Roundcube Webmail IMAP Client                                           |
- | Version 0.9-beta                                                         |
+ | Version 0.9-rc                                                          |
  |                                                                         |
  | Copyright (C) 2005-2013, The Roundcube Dev Team                         |
  |                                                                         |
diff --git a/program/include/iniset.php b/program/include/iniset.php
index c166c575c..80d325233 100644
--- a/program/include/iniset.php
+++ b/program/include/iniset.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 */
 
 // application constants
-define('RCMAIL_VERSION', '0.9-beta');
+define('RCMAIL_VERSION', '0.9-rc');
 define('RCMAIL_START', microtime(true));
 
 $config = array(