diff --git a/digits/version.py b/digits/version.py
index 5841ba39e..a622e467a 100644
--- a/digits/version.py
+++ b/digits/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2016, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
 
-__version__ = '4.1-dev'
+__version__ = '5.0.0-rc.1'