diff --git a/src/hamster/__init__.py b/src/hamster/__init__.py
index 0fe2805c8..0954cd400 100644
--- a/src/hamster/__init__.py
+++ b/src/hamster/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     # if defs is not there, we are running from sources
     from subprocess import getstatusoutput
     rc, output = getstatusoutput("git describe --tags --always --dirty=+")
-    __version__ = "3.0-beta" if rc else "{} (uninstalled)".format(output)
+    __version__ = "3.0-rc1" if rc else "{} (uninstalled)".format(output)
     installed = False
     del getstatusoutput, rc, output
 
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 539f01c07..1cb984507 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from waflib import Utils
 
 # slight code duplication with hamster/__init__.py, but this is finally cleaner.
 rc, output = getstatusoutput("git describe --tags --always --dirty=+")
-VERSION = "3.0-beta" if rc else output
+VERSION = "3.0-rc1" if rc else output
 
 APPNAME = 'hamster'