diff --git a/source/shared/version.h b/source/shared/version.h
index f2b5d1a5..90b323cb 100644
--- a/source/shared/version.h
+++ b/source/shared/version.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 // for stable releases should be empty
 // "rc" for release candidates
 // "preview" for ETP 
-#define SEMVER_PRERELEASE "rc"
+#define SEMVER_PRERELEASE "RC1"
 // Semantic versioning build metadata, build meta data is not counted in precedence order.
 #define SEMVER_BUILDMETA