diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d93b0044..a7d94c21 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # novelWriter ChangeLog
 
+## Version 1.0 Release Candidate 1 [2020-11-01]
+
+
+
 ## Version 1.0 Beta 5 [2020-10-18]
 
 **Important Notes**
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index e8607fed..c0f62bfc 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ author = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
 # The short X.Y version
 version = "1.0"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = "1.0-beta5"
+release = "1.0-rc1"
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/nw/__init__.py b/nw/__init__.py
index d4597c17..f1f36e0d 100644
--- a/nw/__init__.py
+++ b/nw/__init__.py
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ __package__    = "nw"
 __author__     = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
 __copyright__  = "Copyright 2018–2020, Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
 __license__    = "GPLv3"
-__version__    = "1.0b5"
-__hexversion__ = "0x010000b5"
-__date__       = "2020-10-18"
+__version__    = "1.0rc1"
+__hexversion__ = "0x010000c1"
+__date__       = "2020-11-01"
 __maintainer__ = "Veronica Berglyd Olsen"
 __email__      = "code@vkbo.net"
 __status__     = "Beta"