diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a5cac3e5c..20e41b6ef 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-06-23  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	* configure.ac: Bump to 2.00~rc1.
+
 2012-06-23  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	* grub-core/boot/mips/loongson/fwstart.S: Add missing setting of high
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ab632ce52..448ac68d6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dnl type, so there is no conflict. Variables with the prefix "TARGET_"
 dnl (such as TARGET_CC, TARGET_CFLAGS, etc.) are used for the target
 dnl type.
 
-AC_INIT([GRUB],[2.00~beta6],[bug-grub@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([GRUB],[2.00~rc1],[bug-grub@gnu.org])
 
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])