diff --git a/build/build.xml b/build/build.xml
index fea47646..6e1b572d 100644
--- a/build/build.xml
+++ b/build/build.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <target name="init">
         <property name="Name" value="helma"/>
         <property name="year" value="1998-${year}"/>
-        <property name="version" value="1.2pre4"/>
+        <property name="version" value="1.2-rc1"/>
         <property name="project" value="helma"/>
         <property name="build.compiler" value="classic"/>
 
diff --git a/src/helma/main/Server.java b/src/helma/main/Server.java
index 602b59cf..3af98da5 100644
--- a/src/helma/main/Server.java
+++ b/src/helma/main/Server.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import org.apache.xmlrpc.*;
 
  public class Server implements IPathElement, Runnable {
 
-    public static final String version = "1.2pre4+ 2002/11/29";
+    public static final String version = "1.2 RC1 2002/12/03";
     public final long starttime;
 
     // if true we only accept RMI and XML-RPC connections from