diff --git a/wagtail/project_template/requirements.txt b/wagtail/project_template/requirements.txt
index d76c7f988..b05edf068 100644
--- a/wagtail/project_template/requirements.txt
+++ b/wagtail/project_template/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 Django>=1.8,<1.9
-wagtail==1.0b2
+wagtail==1.0rc1
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailcore/__init__.py b/wagtail/wagtailcore/__init__.py
index b00b86670..23b94507b 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailcore/__init__.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailcore/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = '1.0b2'
+__version__ = '1.0rc1'
 default_app_config = 'wagtail.wagtailcore.apps.WagtailCoreAppConfig'