diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f7f77c392c9ec..ec19e1931f9ce 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -187,11 +187,11 @@ def build_extensions(self):
 ]
 
 MAJOR = 0
-MINOR = 14
-MICRO = 1
-ISRELEASED = False
+MINOR = 15
+MICRO = 0
+ISRELEASED = True
 VERSION = '%d.%d.%d' % (MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO)
-QUALIFIER = ''
+QUALIFIER = 'rc1'
 
 FULLVERSION = VERSION
 write_version = True