diff --git a/version.pri b/version.pri
index d4116c083..74b840a8a 100644
--- a/version.pri
+++ b/version.pri
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PROJECT_NAME = qbittorrent
-PROJECT_VERSION = 3.0.0beta4
+PROJECT_VERSION = 3.0.0rc1
 
 os2 {
     DEFINES += VERSION=\'\"v$${PROJECT_VERSION}\"\'