diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5380cade7b9fc0b3cdc07bcc97544ac3e80dd9e3..f15791d6d993877e93c23d034687962f81b8550d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export WITH_DEBUG = 1
 SOVERSION  := 1.6
 PATCH   := 0
 VERSION := $(SOVERSION).$(PATCH)
-EXTVERS := -beta5
+EXTVERS := -rc1
 #EXTVERS := -et
 NAME    := analyzer-$(VERSION)
 VERCODE := $(shell echo $(subst ., ,$(SOVERSION)) $(PATCH) | \
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 18d527ab21916680daaaa6d33cb95c062c282d10..60571b0c8720c58bbc3c6fedf36f6272d211e8f3 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ baseenv.Append(PATCH = '0')
 baseenv.Append(SOVERSION = baseenv.subst('$MAJORVERSION')+'.'+baseenv.subst('$MINORVERSION'))
 baseenv.Append(VERSION = baseenv.subst('$SOVERSION')+'.'+baseenv.subst('$PATCH'))
 baseenv.Append(NAME = 'analyzer-'+baseenv.subst('$VERSION'))
-baseenv.Append(EXTVERS = '-beta5')
+baseenv.Append(EXTVERS = '-rc1')
 baseenv.Append(HA_VERSION = baseenv.subst('$VERSION')+baseenv.subst('$EXTVERS'))
 #print ("Main Directory = %s" % baseenv.subst('$HA_DIR'))
 print ("Software Version = %s" % baseenv.subst('$VERSION'))