diff --git a/wagtail/project_template/requirements.txt b/wagtail/project_template/requirements.txt
index 101b80350..78714b460 100644
--- a/wagtail/project_template/requirements.txt
+++ b/wagtail/project_template/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 Django>=1.8,<1.9
-wagtail==1.0
+wagtail==1.1rc1
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailcore/__init__.py b/wagtail/wagtailcore/__init__.py
index 55a508879..b815b5296 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailcore/__init__.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailcore/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-__version__ = '1.1a0'
+__version__ = '1.1rc1'
 default_app_config = 'wagtail.wagtailcore.apps.WagtailCoreAppConfig'
 
+
 def setup():
     import warnings
     from wagtail.utils.deprecation import removed_in_next_version_warning