diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index b7bc9236a1d..333c2d16227 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "yui",
-  "version": "3.15.0-pre",
+  "version": "3.15.0-rc-1",
   "devDependencies": {
     "pure": "0.3.0"
   }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f4477e8a388..aa247abbbd1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "yui",
-    "version": "3.15.0-pre",
+    "version": "3.15.0-rc-1",
     "description": "YUI 3 Source",
     "author": "Dav Glass <davglass@gmail.com>",
     "bugs": { "url" : "https://github.com/yui/yui3/issues" },