diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 24b7fbafd9..ad0da00187 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 This is a log of major user-visible changes in each phpMyFAQ release.
 
-### phpMyFAQ v4.0.0-beta.2 - 2024-09-22
+### phpMyFAQ v4.0.0-RC - 2024-10-14
 
 - changed PHP requirement to PHP 8.2 or later (Thorsten)
 - changed rewrite rules for Apache and nginx as mandatory requirement (Thorsten)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4fa8d2ca02..fa6d510a71 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# phpMyFAQ 4.0-beta
+# phpMyFAQ 4.0-RC
 
 ![Packagist PHP Version Support](https://img.shields.io/packagist/php-v/thorsten/phpMyFAQ)
 ![GitHub](https://img.shields.io/github/license/thorsten/phpMyFAQ)
diff --git a/docs/plugins.md b/docs/plugins.md
index 6b7873a53e..a089796db3 100644
--- a/docs/plugins.md
+++ b/docs/plugins.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class MyPlugin implements PluginInterface
 
     public function getVersion(): string
     {
-        return '1.0.0';
+        return '0.1.0';
     }
 
     public function getDependencies(): array
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7c6f66924c..d1f567fffd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@thorsten/phpmyfaq",
-  "version": "4.0.0-beta",
+  "version": "4.0.0-RC",
   "description": "phpMyFAQ",
   "repository": "git://github.com/thorsten/phpMyFAQ.git",
   "author": "Thorsten Rinne",
diff --git a/phpmyfaq/content/plugins/HelloWorld/HelloWorldPlugin.php b/phpmyfaq/content/plugins/HelloWorld/HelloWorldPlugin.php
index 50ff2573c4..88db2abf89 100644
--- a/phpmyfaq/content/plugins/HelloWorld/HelloWorldPlugin.php
+++ b/phpmyfaq/content/plugins/HelloWorld/HelloWorldPlugin.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public function getName(): string
 
     public function getVersion(): string
     {
-        return '0.0.1';
+        return '0.1.0';
     }
 
     public function getDependencies(): array
diff --git a/phpmyfaq/src/phpMyFAQ/System.php b/phpmyfaq/src/phpMyFAQ/System.php
index a5abcbaad0..a5a8a9f4a0 100644
--- a/phpmyfaq/src/phpMyFAQ/System.php
+++ b/phpmyfaq/src/phpMyFAQ/System.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class System
     /**
      * Pre-release version.
      */
-    private const VERSION_PRE_RELEASE = 'beta.2';
+    private const VERSION_PRE_RELEASE = 'RC';
 
     /**
      * API version.
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class System
     /**
      * Plugin version.
      */
-    private const PLUGIN_VERSION = '0.0.1';
+    private const PLUGIN_VERSION = '0.1.0';
 
     /**
      * Minimum required PHP version.
diff --git a/scripts/version.sh b/scripts/version.sh
index a8b00b2c83..906e8660ff 100644
--- a/scripts/version.sh
+++ b/scripts/version.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 if [ "x${PMF_VERSION}" = "x" ]; then
-    PMF_VERSION="4.0.0-beta.2"
+    PMF_VERSION="4.0.0-RC"
 fi