diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c07b3cd3..30cf7905 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     long_description = ""
 
 # major, minor, patch
-version_info = 0, 10, "0dev0"
+version_info = 0, 10, "0rc1"
 # Nice string for the version
 __version__ = ".".join(map(str, version_info))