diff --git a/ArduCopter/ArduCopter.pde b/ArduCopter/ArduCopter.pde
index e976df28a5aa51f9b06a1da8fe7bfe801625edd5..0c2db4b85f1886311205b093c8fc82f4ba383c95 100644
--- a/ArduCopter/ArduCopter.pde
+++ b/ArduCopter/ArduCopter.pde
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /// -*- tab-width: 4; Mode: C++; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
 
-#define THISFIRMWARE "ArduCopter V3.0.1"
+#define THISFIRMWARE "ArduCopter V3.0.1-rc1"
 /*
  *  ArduCopter Version 3.0
  *  Creator:        Jason Short
diff --git a/ArduCopter/ReleaseNotes.txt b/ArduCopter/ReleaseNotes.txt
index c47b1193df59447ba3e91f20277d15ccff31f855..e0215dda15ff1c1209545dfc380138cfc25d8eec 100644
--- a/ArduCopter/ReleaseNotes.txt
+++ b/ArduCopter/ReleaseNotes.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ArduCopter Release Notes:
 ------------------------------------------------------------------
-ArduCopter 3.0.1 26-Jun-2013
+ArduCopter 3.0.1-rc1 26-Jun-2013
 Improvements over 3.0.0
 1) bug fix to Fence checking position after GPS lock was lost
 2) bug fix to LAND so that it does not attempt to maintain horizontal position without GPS lock