diff --git a/doxygenConfig b/doxygenConfig
index 6ca440930ee38..8798165f53fde 100644
--- a/doxygenConfig
+++ b/doxygenConfig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DOXYFILE_ENCODING      = UTF-8
 PROJECT_NAME           = MongoDB
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.8.4-pre-
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 1.8.3-rc1
 OUTPUT_DIRECTORY       = docs/doxygen
 CREATE_SUBDIRS         = NO
 OUTPUT_LANGUAGE        = English
diff --git a/util/version.cpp b/util/version.cpp
index 225ef036af6b3..c3daf4cafe5f5 100644
--- a/util/version.cpp
+++ b/util/version.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 namespace mongo {
 
-    const char versionString[] = "1.8.4-pre-";
+    const char versionString[] = "1.8.3-rc1";
 
     string mongodVersion() {
         stringstream ss;