diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index dba72bc5..c1892bd1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.0.0-beta1 30000010
+3.0.1-rc0 30001000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 617f55e8..f6aef1a5 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ### Updated by release.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=3
 project.versioning.minor=0
-project.versioning.patch=0
-project.versioning.build=1
-project.versioning.type=beta
+project.versioning.patch=1
+project.versioning.build=0
+project.versioning.type=rc
 #############################