diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1e790b2a5..c08f9b2bb 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-12.0.0-rc.9
+12.0.0-rc.10
diff --git a/src/main/aerospike.c b/src/main/aerospike.c
index 4c8c440d9..c8f47914a 100644
--- a/src/main/aerospike.c
+++ b/src/main/aerospike.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static int Aerospike_Clear(PyObject *aerospike)
 PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit_aerospike(void)
 {
 
-    const char version[] = "12.0.0-rc.9";
+    const char version[] = "12.0.0-rc.10";
     // Makes things "thread-safe"
     Py_Initialize();
     int i = 0;