diff --git a/src/libxrpl/protocol/BuildInfo.cpp b/src/libxrpl/protocol/BuildInfo.cpp
index 4c88a372ff3..833240f531d 100644
--- a/src/libxrpl/protocol/BuildInfo.cpp
+++ b/src/libxrpl/protocol/BuildInfo.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace BuildInfo {
 //  and follow the format described at http://semver.org/
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // clang-format off
-char const* const versionString = "2.3.0-b4"
+char const* const versionString = "2.3.0-rc1"
 // clang-format on
 
 #if defined(DEBUG) || defined(SANITIZER)