diff --git a/project.xml b/project.xml
index fe24b44cb..9521142ef 100644
--- a/project.xml
+++ b/project.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <extend>../project.xml</extend>
   <name>Collections</name>
   <id>commons-collections</id>
-  <currentVersion>3.0-dev</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>3.0-rc1</currentVersion>
 
   <organization>
     <name>Apache Software Foundation</name>