diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index af3b9a07d60051386984d901cb3b3a0e3c799914..0dfb85083c5946fc4ed93acac72ce745cd26b797 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ with open(abs_path('README.md'), mode='rb') as fd:
 
 setup(
     name='smbprotocol',
-    version='1.1.0.dev0',
+    version='1.1.0rc1',
     packages=['smbclient', 'smbprotocol'],
     install_requires=[
         'cryptography>=2.0',