diff --git a/apache2/modsecurity.h b/apache2/modsecurity.h
index c6689879..af33f772 100644
--- a/apache2/modsecurity.h
+++ b/apache2/modsecurity.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ typedef struct msc_string msc_string;
 #include "http_protocol.h"
 
 #define MODULE_NAME "ModSecurity"
-#define MODULE_RELEASE "2.1.4"
+#define MODULE_RELEASE "2.1.4-rc1"
 #define MODULE_NAME_FULL (MODULE_NAME " v" MODULE_RELEASE " (Apache 2.x)")
 
 #define PHASE_REQUEST_HEADERS       1