diff --git a/apps/emqx/include/emqx_release.hrl b/apps/emqx/include/emqx_release.hrl
index e0934bb01..528cddd8f 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/include/emqx_release.hrl
+++ b/apps/emqx/include/emqx_release.hrl
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 %% hyphen.
 
 %% Community edition
--define(EMQX_RELEASE_CE, "5.0.0-beta.4").
+-define(EMQX_RELEASE_CE, "5.0.0-rc.1").
 
 %% Enterprise edition
 -define(EMQX_RELEASE_EE, "5.0.0-alpha.1").