diff --git a/README b/README
index ec8223405b..bb28b3e674 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 phpMyAdmin - Readme
 ===================
 
-Version 5.0.0-dev
+Version 5.0.0-rc1
 
 A web interface for MySQL and MariaDB.
 
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 3b3301dc70..2904846b9f 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ copyright = u'2012 - 2018, The phpMyAdmin devel team'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '5.0.0-dev'
+version = '5.0.0-rc1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 release = version
 
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Config.php b/libraries/classes/Config.php
index a16e7b6ef0..2bdcedc046 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Config.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Config.php
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class Config
      */
     public function checkSystem(): void
     {
-        $this->set('PMA_VERSION', '5.0.0-dev');
+        $this->set('PMA_VERSION', '5.0.0-rc1');
         /* Major version */
         $this->set(
             'PMA_MAJOR_VERSION',
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 13fb4f371a..e9a58130e9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "phpmyadmin",
-  "version": "5.0.0-dev",
+  "version": "5.0.0-rc1",
   "description": "A web interface for MySQL and MariaDB",
   "repository": "https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin.git",
   "author": "The phpMyAdmin Team <developers@phpmyadmin.net> (https://www.phpmyadmin.net/team/)",