diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5166a3ec5..4363509ac 100755
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ldk-node"
-version = "0.5.0+git"
+version = "0.5.0-rc.1"
 authors = ["Elias Rohrer <dev@tnull.de>"]
 homepage = "https://lightningdevkit.org/"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"