diff --git a/lib/vra/version.rb b/lib/vra/version.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/vra/version.rb
+++ b/lib/vra/version.rb
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@
 #
 
 module Vra
-  VERSION = '0.0.1'
+  VERSION = '1.0.0.rc1'
 end
changing version number for pre-release gem