diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eea412d37fe..961b6c5e97f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.elasticsearch</groupId>
     <artifactId>elasticsearch</artifactId>
-    <version>0.90.0.Beta2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.90.0.RC1</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <description>ElasticSearch - Open Source, Distributed, RESTful Search Engine</description>
     <inceptionYear>2009</inceptionYear>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java
index 7f60f50e4ee..551a40323a0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java
@@ -112,10 +112,10 @@ public class Version implements Serializable {
     public static final int V_0_90_0_Beta1_ID = /*00*/900001;
     public static final Version V_0_90_0_Beta1 = new Version(V_0_90_0_Beta1_ID, false);
 
-    public static final int V_0_90_0_Beta2_ID = /*00*/900002;
-    public static final Version V_0_90_0_Beta2 = new Version(V_0_90_0_Beta2_ID, true);
+    public static final int V_0_90_0_RC1_ID = /*00*/900051;
+    public static final Version V_0_90_0_RC1 = new Version(V_0_90_0_RC1_ID, false);
 
-    public static final Version CURRENT = V_0_90_0_Beta2;
+    public static final Version CURRENT = V_0_90_0_RC1;
 
     public static Version readVersion(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         return fromId(in.readVInt());
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ public class Version implements Serializable {
 
     public static Version fromId(int id) {
         switch (id) {
-            case V_0_90_0_Beta2_ID:
-                return V_0_90_0_Beta2;
+            case V_0_90_0_RC1_ID:
+                return V_0_90_0_RC1;
             case V_0_90_0_Beta1_ID:
                 return V_0_90_0_Beta1;