diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 36ca91fc..7639da30 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-17 Sep 2008 - 2.5.7-dev1
-------------------------
+17 Sep 2008 - 2.5.7-rc1
+-----------------------
 
  * Fixed XML DTD/Schema validation which will now fail after request body
    processing errors, even if the XML parser returns a document tree.
diff --git a/apache2/msc_release.h b/apache2/msc_release.h
index 284ec954..9c36bedb 100644
--- a/apache2/msc_release.h
+++ b/apache2/msc_release.h
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ typedef struct modsec_build_type_rec {
 extern DSOLOCAL modsec_build_type_rec modsec_build_type[];
 
 #define MODSEC_VERSION_MAJOR       "2"
-#define MODSEC_VERSION_MINOR       "6"
-#define MODSEC_VERSION_MAINT       "0"
-#define MODSEC_VERSION_TYPE        "-trunk"
-#define MODSEC_VERSION_RELEASE     ""
+#define MODSEC_VERSION_MINOR       "5"
+#define MODSEC_VERSION_MAINT       "7"
+#define MODSEC_VERSION_TYPE        "-rc"
+#define MODSEC_VERSION_RELEASE     "1"
 
 #define MODSEC_VERSION_SUFFIX MODSEC_VERSION_TYPE MODSEC_VERSION_RELEASE
 
diff --git a/doc/modsecurity2-apache-reference.xml b/doc/modsecurity2-apache-reference.xml
index d98c4bc1..dfcafa3e 100644
--- a/doc/modsecurity2-apache-reference.xml
+++ b/doc/modsecurity2-apache-reference.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   Manual</title>
 
   <articleinfo>
-    <releaseinfo>Version 2.5.7-dev1 (September 5, 2008)</releaseinfo>
+    <releaseinfo>Version 2.5.7-rc1 (September 17, 2008)</releaseinfo>
 
     <copyright>
       <year>2004-2008</year>