diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ce91620..389e8a2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 > This project uses [Break Versioning](https://github.com/ptaoussanis/encore/blob/master/BREAK-VERSIONING.md) as of **Aug 16, 2014**.
 
-## v2.10.0-beta1 / 2015 Sep 17
+## v2.10.0-RC1 / 2015 Sep 26
 
 > This is a major **non-breaking** feature/performance release
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 * **New**: edn writes now override dynamic `*print-level*`, `*print-length*` for safety
 
 ```clojure
-[com.taoensso/nippy "2.10.0-beta1"]
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.10.0-RC1"]
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7a31edb..5c7a81b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ```clojure
 [com.taoensso/nippy "2.9.1"]        ; Stable
-[com.taoensso/nippy "2.10.0-beta1"] ; Dev, see CHANGELOG for details
+[com.taoensso/nippy "2.10.0-RC1"] ; Dev, see CHANGELOG for details
 ```
 
 # Nippy, a Clojure serialization library
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 55ad7f5..360469c 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "2.10.0-beta1"
+(defproject com.taoensso/nippy "2.10.0-RC1"
   :author "Peter Taoussanis <https://www.taoensso.com>"
   :description "Clojure serialization library"
   :url "https://github.com/ptaoussanis/nippy"