diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 57c3dc64..f90f4203 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 # Note: some of these values are also used when building Debian packages below.
 name = "routinator"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.3-rc1"
 edition = "2018"
 authors = ["The NLnet Labs RPKI Team <rpki@nlnetlabs.nl>"]
 description = "An RPKI relying party software."