diff --git a/headers/modsecurity/modsecurity.h b/headers/modsecurity/modsecurity.h
index 8ca2aa45..c17a2071 100644
--- a/headers/modsecurity/modsecurity.h
+++ b/headers/modsecurity/modsecurity.h
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ namespace modsecurity {
 #define MODSECURITY_MAJOR "3"
 #define MODSECURITY_MINOR "0"
 #define MODSECURITY_PATCHLEVEL "0"
-#define MODSECURITY_TAG "-alpha"
-#define MODSECURITY_TAG_NUM "001"
+#define MODSECURITY_TAG "rc1"
+#define MODSECURITY_TAG_NUM "051"
 
 #define MODSECURITY_VERSION MODSECURITY_MAJOR "." \
     MODSECURITY_MINOR "." MODSECURITY_PATCHLEVEL \