diff --git a/terraform/version.go b/terraform/version.go
index e781d9c25..f0344a29e 100644
--- a/terraform/version.go
+++ b/terraform/version.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const Version = "0.7.0"
 // A pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 // then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
 // such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
-const VersionPrerelease = "dev"
+const VersionPrerelease = "rc1"
 
 // SemVersion is an instance of version.Version. This has the secondary
 // benefit of verifying during tests and init time that our version is a