diff --git a/version.pri b/version.pri
index 6e5888059..936baf672 100644
--- a/version.pri
+++ b/version.pri
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PROJECT_NAME = qbittorrent
-PROJECT_VERSION = 2.9.0beta2
+PROJECT_VERSION = 2.9.0rc1
 
 os2 {
     DEFINES += VERSION=\'\"v$${PROJECT_VERSION}\"\'