diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2753f1f3e05f38c9c0c3370a2068fc6dcfe2ee4f..d0c14419fe54dbcfb6510b1b1865cb806fbbe906 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ setup(
     long_description=open('README.md').read(),
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     url='https://gitlab.developers.cam.ac.uk/uis/devops/django/api-gateway-auth',
-    version='0.0.1',
+    version='0.0.1-rc1',
     license='MIT',
     author='DevOps Division, University Information Services, University of Cambridge',
     author_email='devops@uis.cam.ac.uk',