diff --git a/data/gtk.glade b/data/gtk.glade
index 353e976..ccce6f6 100644
--- a/data/gtk.glade
+++ b/data/gtk.glade
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@
     <property name="gravity">center</property>
     <property name="transient_for">appwindow</property>
     <property name="program_name">CoverGrid</property>
-    <property name="version">0.6</property>
+    <property name="version">1.0-rc1</property>
     <property name="comments" translatable="yes">CoverGrid is a client for the Music Player Daemon, focusing on albums instead of single tracks.</property>
     <property name="website">http://www.coderkun.de/codes/mcg</property>
     <property name="logo">mcg.svg</property>
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 371edc8..06eb4eb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ setup(
         'build_py': build_mcg
     },
     name = "mcg",
-    version = 0.6,
+    version = '1.0rc1',
     description = "CoverGrid (mcg) is a client for the Music Player Daemon, focusing on albums instead of single tracks.",
     url = "http://www.coderkun.de/codes/mcg",
     author = "coderkun",