diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 46a2ea8943..3a0ceaaf31 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <a name="4.0.0-rc.0"></a>
-# [4.0.0-rc.0](https://github.com/angular/angular/compare/4.0.0-beta.8...4.0.0-rc.0) (2017-02-24)
+# [4.0.0-rc.1](https://github.com/angular/angular/compare/4.0.0-beta.8...4.0.0-rc.1) (2017-02-24)
 
 We are excited to share RC0 with the community. This is a feature-complete pre-release of 4.0.0. Upgrade to get to know the new features to be released in 4.0.0, and to help us validate the release.
 
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ We have [three more release candidates scheduled](https://github.com/angular/ang
 
   Note: `Renderer` can still be injected/used, but is deprecated.
 
+Note: the 4.0.0-rc.0 release on npm accidentally omitted one bug fix, so we cut rc.1 instead. oops :-)
+
 
 
 <a name="4.0.0-beta.8"></a>
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/package.json b/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/package.json
index b946a288d9..e8d74994f7 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/package.json
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "ng-xi18n": "./src/extract_i18n.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@angular/tsc-wrapped": "4.0.0-rc.0",
+    "@angular/tsc-wrapped": "4.0.0-rc.1",
     "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.2",
     "minimist": "^1.2.0"
   },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index befc35825b..f1b28a6107 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "angular-srcs",
-  "version": "4.0.0-beta.8",
+  "version": "4.0.0-rc.1",
   "private": true,
   "branchPattern": "2.0.*",
   "description": "Angular - a web framework for modern web apps",
diff --git a/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/package.json b/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/package.json
index beb75fcdc9..99e0936ebd 100644
--- a/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/package.json
+++ b/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@angular/tsc-wrapped",
-  "version": "4.0.0-rc.0",
+  "version": "4.0.0-rc.1",
   "description": "Wraps the tsc CLI, allowing extensions.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/angular/angular/tree/master/tools/tsc-wrapped",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/angular/angular/issues",