diff --git a/Jamulus.pro b/Jamulus.pro
index e46ad40929..08c1fc17dc 100644
--- a/Jamulus.pro
+++ b/Jamulus.pro
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = 3.10.0dev
+VERSION = 3.10.0rc1
 
 # Using lrelease and embed_translations only works for Qt 5.12 or later.
 # See https://github.com/jamulussoftware/jamulus/pull/3288 for these changes.