diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 686539c64..8b88cfbd3 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.3.0-beta1 10300010
+1.3.1-rc0 10301000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 8937dba4d..3d705ef8e 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ### Updated by release.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=1
 project.versioning.minor=3
-project.versioning.patch=0
-project.versioning.build=1
-project.versioning.type=beta
+project.versioning.patch=1
+project.versioning.build=0
+project.versioning.type=rc
 #############################