diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 8862f9e35a..dd5d7d4b01 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ const Version = "0.4.0"
 // A pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 // then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
 // such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
-const VersionPrerelease = "dev"
+const VersionPrerelease = "rc"