diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4f9ca20ee..05373fa68 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # root CMakeLists for the SuperTuxKart project
 project(SuperTuxKart)
-set(PROJECT_VERSION "0.8.1")
+set(PROJECT_VERSION "0.9-rc1")
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.4)
 if(NOT (CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3))
diff --git a/data/CREDITS b/data/CREDITS
index 3e6436160..927a78699 100644
Binary files a/data/CREDITS and b/data/CREDITS differ
diff --git a/data/SuperTuxKart-Info.plist b/data/SuperTuxKart-Info.plist
index a2992f2a8..910016c0a 100644
--- a/data/SuperTuxKart-Info.plist
+++ b/data/SuperTuxKart-Info.plist
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
 	<string>APPL</string>
 	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-	<string>0.8.1</string>
+	<string>0.9-rc1</string>
 	<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
 	<string>SPTK</string>
 	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-	<string>0.8.1</string>
+	<string>0.9-rc1</string>
 	<key>CSResourcesFileMapped</key>
 	<true/>
 	<key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>
diff --git a/src/utils/constants.cpp b/src/utils/constants.cpp
index b740211c6..ba8701a30 100644
--- a/src/utils/constants.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/constants.cpp
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ static const char* endianness_test_ptr = (const char*)&endianness_test;
 // in little-endian, byte 0 will be 0. in big endian, byte 0 will be 1
 const bool IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN = (endianness_test_ptr[0] == 0);
 
-const char STK_VERSION[] = "git";
+const char STK_VERSION[] = "0.9-rc1";