diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/__init__.py
+++ b/__init__.py
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ __revision__ = "$Id$"
 # Updated automatically by the Python release process.
 #
 #--start constants--
-__version__ = "2.7.3"
+__version__ = "2.7.4rc1"
 #--end constants--
version to <I>rc1