diff --git a/environment/project.xml.zes b/environment/project.xml.zes
index 581a170c2..bbefd930f 100644
--- a/environment/project.xml.zes
+++ b/environment/project.xml.zes
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
                     name="aplaws-zes" 
               prettyName="APLAWS plus" 
                  version="1-0-9" 
-                 release="beta-2" 
+                 release="rc-1" 
                   webxml="web.xml-aplaws" 
                   webapp="ROOT" 
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://ccm.redhat.com/ccm-project file:tools-ng/common/xsd/project.xsd">