diff --git a/src/libxrpl/protocol/BuildInfo.cpp b/src/libxrpl/protocol/BuildInfo.cpp
index 793ddb18d2..6ac352f3e1 100644
--- a/src/libxrpl/protocol/BuildInfo.cpp
+++ b/src/libxrpl/protocol/BuildInfo.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace {
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // clang-format off
 // NOLINTNEXTLINE(readability-identifier-naming)
-char const* const versionString = "3.3.0-b1"
+char const* const versionString = "3.3.0-rc1"
     // clang-format on
     ;