diff --git a/codespell.py b/codespell.py
index 8f78a20..335b4b4 100755
--- a/codespell.py
+++ b/codespell.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 USAGE = """
 \t%prog [OPTIONS] dict_filename [file1 file2 ... fileN]
 """
-VERSION = '0.9'
+VERSION = '1.0-rc1'
 
 misspellings = {}
 options = None