diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 _version_major = 0
 _version_minor = 1
 _version_micro = ''  # use '' for first of series, number for 1 and above
-_version_extra = 'dev'
+_version_extra = 'rc1'
 #_version_extra = ''  # Uncomment this for full releases
 
 # Construct full version string from these.
Making a release candidate to test installation through pip.