diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e284594e..4394f211 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.0.0-rc0 40000000
+4.0.1-rc0 40001000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index a13ba2b1..0e2fe063 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ### Updated by release.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=4
 project.versioning.minor=0
-project.versioning.patch=0
+project.versioning.patch=1
 project.versioning.build=0
 project.versioning.type=rc
 #############################