diff --git a/version.inc b/version.inc
index ac8f089327..ad0a43b615 100644
--- a/version.inc
+++ b/version.inc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ endif()
 if(NOT DEFINED BBL_INTERNAL_TESTING)
 set(BBL_INTERNAL_TESTING "0")
 endif()
-set(SoftFever_VERSION "1.9.0-beta")
+set(SoftFever_VERSION "1.9.0-rc")
 string(REGEX MATCH "^([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)"
        SoftFever_VERSION_MATCH ${SoftFever_VERSION})
 set(ORCA_VERSION_MAJOR ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})