diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 0f455e7f4c1b2db53fb5867575c94d404592c837..56bb05c7451069a99b653a0c93621c26cc9bc5e7 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 AC_INIT
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tor, 0.1.0.0-alpha-cvs)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(tor, 0.1.0.1-rc)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(orconfig.h)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
diff --git a/contrib/tor.nsi b/contrib/tor.nsi
index 9bdd5bc612364bfe5ff36ac26c2d707827e2722c..d71342654a5e33f5f1f5ae37ddd97f245375f1c8 100644
--- a/contrib/tor.nsi
+++ b/contrib/tor.nsi
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 !include "MUI.nsh"
 
-!define VERSION "0.1.0.0-alpha-cvs"
+!define VERSION "0.1.0.1-rc"
 !define INSTALLER "tor-${VERSION}-win32.exe"
 !define WEBSITE "http://tor.eff.org/"
 
diff --git a/src/win32/orconfig.h b/src/win32/orconfig.h
index 13438a256f53ab75467df1cfe5da5479da611f77..f49918e690304042c1c099e3a42749e42ddc898d 100644
--- a/src/win32/orconfig.h
+++ b/src/win32/orconfig.h
@@ -204,4 +204,4 @@
 #define HAVE_EVENT_H
 
 /* Version number of package */
-#define VERSION "0.1.0.0-alpha-cvs"
+#define VERSION "0.1.0.1-rc"