diff --git a/include/spdk/version.h b/include/spdk/version.h
index 8937a7f71..4b4e665a3 100644
--- a/include/spdk/version.h
+++ b/include/spdk/version.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 /**
  * Version string suffix.
  */
-#define SPDK_VERSION_SUFFIX	"-pre"
+#define SPDK_VERSION_SUFFIX	"-rc1"
 
 /**
  * Single numeric value representing a version number for compile-time comparisons.