diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4f7765c2d..0893ad60c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dnl (such as BUILD_CC, BUILD_CFLAGS, etc.) for the build type and variables
 dnl with the prefix "TARGET_" (such as TARGET_CC, TARGET_CFLAGS, etc.) are
 dnl used for the target type. See INSTALL for full list of variables.
 
-AC_INIT([GRUB],[2.02~beta3],[bug-grub@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([GRUB],[2.02~rc1],[bug-grub@gnu.org])
 
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])