diff --git a/RestKit.podspec b/RestKit.podspec
index e2a6a32148..9a9a5e1ad7 100644
--- a/RestKit.podspec
+++ b/RestKit.podspec
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name         =  'RestKit'
-  s.version      =  '0.20.0pre6'
+  s.version      =  '0.20.0rc1'
   s.summary      =  'RestKit is a framework for consuming and modeling RESTful web resources on iOS and OS X.'
   s.homepage     =  'http://www.restkit.org'
   s.author       =  { 'Blake Watters' => 'blakewatters@gmail.com' }
-  s.source       =  { :git => 'https://github.com/RestKit/RestKit.git', :tag => 'v0.20.0-pre6' }
+  s.source       =  { :git => 'https://github.com/RestKit/RestKit.git', :tag => 'v0.20.0-rc1' }
   s.license      =  'Apache License, Version 2.0'
   
   # Platform setup
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 43910b72db..8abd047304 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.20.0-pre6
\ No newline at end of file
+0.20.0-rc1
\ No newline at end of file