diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cc655c59ad81..a96c14e24777 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PHP                                                                        NEWS
 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-?? ??? 2007, PHP 5.2.3
+24 May 2007, PHP 5.2.3RC1
 - Changed CGI install target to php-cgi and 'make install' to install CLI
   when CGI is selected. (Jani)
 - Improved compilation of heredocs and interpolated strings. (Matt, Dmitry)
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index dd72f74e5c9d..5eab630a4e21 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADER(main/php_config.h)
 MAJOR_VERSION=5
 MINOR_VERSION=2
 RELEASE_VERSION=3
-EXTRA_VERSION="-dev"
+EXTRA_VERSION="RC1"
 PHP_VERSION="$MAJOR_VERSION.$MINOR_VERSION.$RELEASE_VERSION$EXTRA_VERSION"
 PHP_VERSION_ID=`expr [$]MAJOR_VERSION \* 10000 + [$]MINOR_VERSION \* 100 + [$]RELEASE_VERSION`
 
diff --git a/main/php_version.h b/main/php_version.h
index b503f86583b8..4ba79a9a59f6 100644
--- a/main/php_version.h
+++ b/main/php_version.h
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 #define PHP_MAJOR_VERSION 5
 #define PHP_MINOR_VERSION 2
 #define PHP_RELEASE_VERSION 3
-#define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "-dev"
-#define PHP_VERSION "5.2.3-dev"
+#define PHP_EXTRA_VERSION "RC1"
+#define PHP_VERSION "5.2.3RC1"
 #define PHP_VERSION_ID 50203