diff --git a/build/build.xml b/build/build.xml
index bc9240f37c..dd2d82249d 100644
--- a/build/build.xml
+++ b/build/build.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 <project name="phpBB" description="The phpBB forum software" default="all" basedir="../">
 	<!-- a few settings for the build -->
-	<property name="newversion" value="3.0.8" />
-	<property name="prevversion" value="3.0.8-RC1" />
+	<property name="newversion" value="3.0.9-RC1" />
+	<property name="prevversion" value="3.0.8" />
 	<property name="olderversions" value="3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 3.0.7-PL1" />
 	<!-- no configuration should be needed beyond this point -->
 
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/constants.php b/phpBB/includes/constants.php
index b5a0aa893a..9cde068773 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/constants.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/constants.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
 */
 
 // phpBB Version
-define('PHPBB_VERSION', '3.0.9-dev');
+define('PHPBB_VERSION', '3.0.9-RC1');
 
 // QA-related
 // define('PHPBB_QA', 1);
diff --git a/phpBB/install/database_update.php b/phpBB/install/database_update.php
index 5bc856250b..92fadd0853 100644
--- a/phpBB/install/database_update.php
+++ b/phpBB/install/database_update.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 *
 */
 
-$updates_to_version = '3.0.9-dev';
+$updates_to_version = '3.0.9-RC1';
 
 // Enter any version to update from to test updates. The version within the db will not be updated.
 $debug_from_version = false;
diff --git a/phpBB/install/schemas/schema_data.sql b/phpBB/install/schemas/schema_data.sql
index 08d6c18ee8..52f9a94746 100644
--- a/phpBB/install/schemas/schema_data.sql
+++ b/phpBB/install/schemas/schema_data.sql
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ INSERT INTO phpbb_config (config_name, config_value) VALUES ('topics_per_page',
 INSERT INTO phpbb_config (config_name, config_value) VALUES ('tpl_allow_php', '0');
 INSERT INTO phpbb_config (config_name, config_value) VALUES ('upload_icons_path', 'images/upload_icons');
 INSERT INTO phpbb_config (config_name, config_value) VALUES ('upload_path', 'files');
-INSERT INTO phpbb_config (config_name, config_value) VALUES ('version', '3.0.9-dev');
+INSERT INTO phpbb_config (config_name, config_value) VALUES ('version', '3.0.9-RC1');
 INSERT INTO phpbb_config (config_name, config_value) VALUES ('warnings_expire_days', '90');
 INSERT INTO phpbb_config (config_name, config_value) VALUES ('warnings_gc', '14400');