diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 4f815a4a0..86811c775 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
    production environment.
    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
-This is OpenSlides, version 1.2-beta3 (2012-06-06).
+This is OpenSlides, version 1.2-RC1 (2012-07-16).
 
 
 What is OpenSlides?
diff --git a/openslides/__init__.py b/openslides/__init__.py
index 8ba881ae8..2420bcb16 100644
--- a/openslides/__init__.py
+++ b/openslides/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     :license: GNU GPL, see LICENSE for more details.
 """
 
-VERSION = (1, 2, 0, 'beta', 3)
+VERSION = (1, 2, 0, 'rc', 1)
 
 def get_version(version=None):
     """Derives a PEP386-compliant version number from VERSION."""