diff --git a/make.sh b/make.sh
index fa31d9712..854f4a297 100755
--- a/make.sh
+++ b/make.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 NAME="IPFire"							# Software name
 SNAME="ipfire"							# Short name
-VERSION="2.9beta3"						# Version number
+VERSION="2.9rc1"						# Version number
 CORE="43"							# Core Level (Filename)
 PAKFIRE_CORE="43"						# Core Level (PAKFIRE)
 GIT_BRANCH=`git status | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f4`		# Git Branch
diff --git a/src/scripts/backupiso b/src/scripts/backupiso
index f11c33ae3..6aacf8dde 100644
--- a/src/scripts/backupiso
+++ b/src/scripts/backupiso
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 COREVER=`cat /opt/pakfire/db/core/mine`
 # FIXME: edit this lines before release
 URL=http://download.ipfire.org/iso/
-ISO=ipfire-2.9beta3.i586-full-core$COREVER.iso
+ISO=ipfire-2.9rc1.i586-full-core$COREVER.iso
 
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then 
 	echo usage: $0 backup-file