diff --git a/releasenotes/source/conf.py b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
index 939b263c58..9d46018afd 100644
--- a/releasenotes/source/conf.py
+++ b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ copyright = u'2017, TripleO Developers'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '7.0.0.0b3'
+release = '7.0.0.0rc1'
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '7.0.0'