diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 36058466bb53373b7cec52ca93c6673352b6b527..23d1d7ebe114cdda8ff231a85c1260a0ab00eacd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.64)
-AC_INIT([openocd], [0.9.0-dev],
+AC_INIT([openocd], [0.9.0-rc1],
   [OpenOCD Mailing List <openocd-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/openocd.c])