diff --git a/version.php b/version.php
index 2e3b8f1f904bdc0b98d99477bae1b6d1e2705df1..e694eb188bb3ceb74e0b58f36a9359ea73123b8c 100644
--- a/version.php
+++ b/version.php
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <?php
 
 // We only can count up. The 4. digit is only for the internal patchlevel to trigger DB upgrades between betas, final and RCs. This is _not_ the public version number. Reset minor/patchlevel when updating major/minor version number.
-$OC_Version=array(6, 00, 0, 8);
+$OC_Version=array(6, 00, 0, 9);
 
 // The human readable string
-$OC_VersionString='6.0 beta 5';
+$OC_VersionString='6.0 RC1';
 
 // The ownCloud edition
 $OC_Edition='';