diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 362d1799001027bc49c0217225db05bfdb48cdb2..97ab0fb10064ccfa7e05b45e0223a7ecce3d8271 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // $Id$
 
-Drupal 7.0, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
+Drupal 7.0 rc1, 2010-11-30
 ----------------------
 - Database:
     * Fully rewritten database layer utilizing PHP 5's PDO abstraction layer.
diff --git a/includes/bootstrap.inc b/includes/bootstrap.inc
index 1e446f01b350682b57c3d98ceee6bc052c81a3b4..f5b24c158b4de900bc6db75b1a3009eb08a2d377 100644
--- a/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 /**
  * The current system version.
  */
-define('VERSION', '7.0-dev');
+define('VERSION', '7.0-rc1');
 
 /**
  * Core API compatibility.