diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
index 6f8e9bbe8df..abae185a645 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ extern "C" {
 		/* can be left blank, otherwise a,b,c... etc with no quotes */
 #define BLENDER_VERSION_CHAR	a
 		/* alpha/beta/rc/releases */
-#define BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE	beta	
+#define BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE	rc
 
 struct ListBase;
 struct MemFile;