diff --git a/sflphone-client-gnome/VERSION b/sflphone-client-gnome/VERSION
index 517317e95fb23bda5f1c305dfaa84bfa8021a824..bc440692c3b559a2d3fe749ce99f8993b879252f 100644
--- a/sflphone-client-gnome/VERSION
+++ b/sflphone-client-gnome/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.6~beta
+0.9.6~rc1
diff --git a/sflphone-common/VERSION b/sflphone-common/VERSION
index 517317e95fb23bda5f1c305dfaa84bfa8021a824..bc440692c3b559a2d3fe749ce99f8993b879252f 100644
--- a/sflphone-common/VERSION
+++ b/sflphone-common/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.6~beta
+0.9.6~rc1
diff --git a/sflphone-common/configure.ac b/sflphone-common/configure.ac
index b39dc0343faa0146a480fe1388fc95212f2c7c65..92c734e3d61ae39012220437756c563118fd5a26 100644
--- a/sflphone-common/configure.ac
+++ b/sflphone-common/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dnl SFLPhone - configure.ac for automake 1.9 and autoconf 2.59
 dnl
 	dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 	AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-	AC_INIT([SFLphone],[0.9.6~beta],[sflphoneteam@savoirfairelinux.com],[sflphone])
+	AC_INIT([SFLphone],[0.9.6~rc1],[sflphoneteam@savoirfairelinux.com],[sflphone])
 	AC_COPYRIGHT([[Copyright (c) Savoir-Faire Linux 2004-2009]])
 AC_REVISION([$Revision$])
 
diff --git a/sflphone-common/src/global.h b/sflphone-common/src/global.h
index d08d9ce8524dddad65ddb2831421baf27eaa2d62..a6053980b86bb7f1947ff03ca7b9da1f55dee94c 100644
--- a/sflphone-common/src/global.h
+++ b/sflphone-common/src/global.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include <map>
 #include <vector>
 
-#define SFLPHONED_VERSION "0.9.6~beta"		/** Version number */
+#define SFLPHONED_VERSION "0.9.6~rc1"		/** Version number */
 
 #define HOMEDIR	(getenv ("HOME"))		/** Home directory */