diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d803dd0e29a..611e9c53cef 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ option(WITH_DOC
 # PGROUTING version number.
 set(PGROUTING_VERSION_MAJOR "2")
 set(PGROUTING_VERSION_MINOR "0")
-set(PGROUTING_VERSION_PATCH "0-dev")
+set(PGROUTING_VERSION_PATCH "0-rc1")
 
 set(PGROUTING_VERSION_STRING "${PGROUTING_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PGROUTING_VERSION_MINOR}.${PGROUTING_VERSION_PATCH}")