diff --git a/lib/friendly_id.rb b/lib/friendly_id.rb
index c6e832b59..d23bd7756 100644
--- a/lib/friendly_id.rb
+++ b/lib/friendly_id.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 module FriendlyId
 
   # The current version.
-  VERSION = "4.0.0.beta14"
+  VERSION = "4.0.0.rc1"
 
   @mutex = Mutex.new