diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 8e536719607..effa2901c0c 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ title: SageMath
 abstract: SageMath is a free open-source mathematics software system.
 authors:
 - name: "The SageMath Developers"
-version: 10.1.beta9
+version: 10.1.rc0
 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.593563
-date-released: 2023-08-05
+date-released: 2023-08-13
 repository-code: "https://github.com/sagemath/sage"
 url: "https://www.sagemath.org/"
diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 3a158e5f21f..a62521f032f 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SageMath version 10.1.beta9, Release Date: 2023-08-05
+SageMath version 10.1.rc0, Release Date: 2023-08-13
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
index 76991990f36..ba26592020a 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 tarball=configure-VERSION.tar.gz
-sha1=ea8ea50e414e3ccd69a959f9dff3e33adbdf4370
-md5=b31958a145813f26867b39c377e12936
-cksum=2139568085
+sha1=139bcabc03fbf74d05379ff27713c7e3496fc362
+md5=2631cd73e85221b77dea105e30f6165d
+cksum=2003135383
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
index 9e45bc234ed..b18e430562c 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6c72c2b94a98cfdb5730473e5e2f9eb15cf5d8f3
+50208b761995b49bf6f0702f4b9d36da24fae1a0
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sage_conf/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sage_conf/install-requires.txt
index 76fd774f5f4..69a6f60f50b 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sage_conf/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sage_conf/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sage-conf ~= 10.1b9
+sage-conf ~= 10.1rc0
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sage_docbuild/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sage_docbuild/install-requires.txt
index 49a89420880..76cee94895b 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sage_docbuild/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sage_docbuild/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sage-docbuild ~= 10.1b9
+sage-docbuild ~= 10.1rc0
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sage_setup/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sage_setup/install-requires.txt
index c222b9cdd2f..ec6e85e090c 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sage_setup/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sage_setup/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sage-setup ~= 10.1b9
+sage-setup ~= 10.1rc0
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sage_sws2rst/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sage_sws2rst/install-requires.txt
index 4486a67ed75..440d25adb32 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sage_sws2rst/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sage_sws2rst/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sage-sws2rst ~= 10.1b9
+sage-sws2rst ~= 10.1rc0
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagelib/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagelib/install-requires.txt
index 74089ecdd65..cb3d1c3382f 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagelib/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagelib/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-standard ~= 10.1b9
+sagemath-standard ~= 10.1rc0
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_bliss/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_bliss/install-requires.txt
index 7e7c708066a..8a64ef0c0b1 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_bliss/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_bliss/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-bliss ~= 10.1b9
+sagemath-bliss ~= 10.1rc0
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_categories/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_categories/install-requires.txt
index 21f5efa6dd8..c9666be341e 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_categories/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_categories/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-categories ~= 10.1b9
+sagemath-categories ~= 10.1rc0
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_coxeter3/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_coxeter3/install-requires.txt
index 174264f9c2d..8db0a45278c 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_coxeter3/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_coxeter3/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-coxeter3 ~= 10.1b9
+sagemath-coxeter3 ~= 10.1rc0
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_environment/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_environment/install-requires.txt
index 3a2a2e06ca5..1bf65f70706 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_environment/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_environment/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-environment ~= 10.1b9
+sagemath-environment ~= 10.1rc0
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_mcqd/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_mcqd/install-requires.txt
index 5012bc30606..ad1d463c994 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_mcqd/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_mcqd/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-mcqd ~= 10.1b9
+sagemath-mcqd ~= 10.1rc0
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_meataxe/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_meataxe/install-requires.txt
index d9c67ecdcb4..0fbda8ca0a9 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_meataxe/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_meataxe/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-meataxe ~= 10.1b9
+sagemath-meataxe ~= 10.1rc0
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_objects/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_objects/install-requires.txt
index cdaa97d1f23..47b1fbbe689 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_objects/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_objects/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-objects ~= 10.1b9
+sagemath-objects ~= 10.1rc0
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_repl/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_repl/install-requires.txt
index d8fa592fcc2..dc870d02cfd 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_repl/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_repl/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-repl ~= 10.1b9
+sagemath-repl ~= 10.1rc0
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_sirocco/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_sirocco/install-requires.txt
index 743cd19995b..03021ff49a6 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_sirocco/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_sirocco/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-sirocco ~= 10.1b9
+sagemath-sirocco ~= 10.1rc0
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_tdlib/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_tdlib/install-requires.txt
index 40c4589d4b3..57437e13652 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_tdlib/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_tdlib/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-tdlib ~= 10.1b9
+sagemath-tdlib ~= 10.1rc0
diff --git a/pkgs/sage-conf/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sage-conf/VERSION.txt
index 6730b33848c..72237f23c26 100644
--- a/pkgs/sage-conf/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sage-conf/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.1.beta9
+10.1.rc0
diff --git a/pkgs/sage-conf_pypi/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sage-conf_pypi/VERSION.txt
index 6730b33848c..72237f23c26 100644
--- a/pkgs/sage-conf_pypi/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sage-conf_pypi/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.1.beta9
+10.1.rc0
diff --git a/pkgs/sage-docbuild/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sage-docbuild/VERSION.txt
index 6730b33848c..72237f23c26 100644
--- a/pkgs/sage-docbuild/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sage-docbuild/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.1.beta9
+10.1.rc0
diff --git a/pkgs/sage-setup/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sage-setup/VERSION.txt
index 6730b33848c..72237f23c26 100644
--- a/pkgs/sage-setup/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sage-setup/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.1.beta9
+10.1.rc0
diff --git a/pkgs/sage-sws2rst/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sage-sws2rst/VERSION.txt
index 6730b33848c..72237f23c26 100644
--- a/pkgs/sage-sws2rst/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sage-sws2rst/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.1.beta9
+10.1.rc0
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-bliss/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-bliss/VERSION.txt
index 6730b33848c..72237f23c26 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-bliss/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-bliss/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.1.beta9
+10.1.rc0
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-categories/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-categories/VERSION.txt
index 6730b33848c..72237f23c26 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-categories/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-categories/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.1.beta9
+10.1.rc0
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-coxeter3/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-coxeter3/VERSION.txt
index 6730b33848c..72237f23c26 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-coxeter3/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-coxeter3/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.1.beta9
+10.1.rc0
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-environment/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-environment/VERSION.txt
index 6730b33848c..72237f23c26 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-environment/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-environment/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.1.beta9
+10.1.rc0
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-mcqd/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-mcqd/VERSION.txt
index 6730b33848c..72237f23c26 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-mcqd/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-mcqd/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.1.beta9
+10.1.rc0
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-meataxe/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-meataxe/VERSION.txt
index 6730b33848c..72237f23c26 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-meataxe/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-meataxe/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.1.beta9
+10.1.rc0
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-objects/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-objects/VERSION.txt
index 6730b33848c..72237f23c26 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-objects/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-objects/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.1.beta9
+10.1.rc0
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-repl/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-repl/VERSION.txt
index 6730b33848c..72237f23c26 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-repl/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-repl/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.1.beta9
+10.1.rc0
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-sirocco/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-sirocco/VERSION.txt
index 6730b33848c..72237f23c26 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-sirocco/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-sirocco/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.1.beta9
+10.1.rc0
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-tdlib/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-tdlib/VERSION.txt
index 6730b33848c..72237f23c26 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-tdlib/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-tdlib/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.1.beta9
+10.1.rc0
diff --git a/src/VERSION.txt b/src/VERSION.txt
index 6730b33848c..72237f23c26 100644
--- a/src/VERSION.txt
+++ b/src/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.1.beta9
+10.1.rc0
diff --git a/src/bin/sage-version.sh b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
index 8c1a833ccb2..5cbb47685ea 100644
--- a/src/bin/sage-version.sh
+++ b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 # which stops "setup.py develop" from rewriting it as a Python file.
 :
 # This file is auto-generated by the sage-update-version script, do not edit!
-SAGE_VERSION='10.1.beta9'
-SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2023-08-05'
-SAGE_VERSION_BANNER='SageMath version 10.1.beta9, Release Date: 2023-08-05'
+SAGE_VERSION='10.1.rc0'
+SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2023-08-13'
+SAGE_VERSION_BANNER='SageMath version 10.1.rc0, Release Date: 2023-08-13'
diff --git a/src/sage/version.py b/src/sage/version.py
index 1dacd8c2bfe..f07340c8a03 100644
--- a/src/sage/version.py
+++ b/src/sage/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Sage version information for Python scripts
 # This file is auto-generated by the sage-update-version script, do not edit!
-version = '10.1.beta9'
-date = '2023-08-05'
-banner = 'SageMath version 10.1.beta9, Release Date: 2023-08-05'
+version = '10.1.rc0'
+date = '2023-08-13'
+banner = 'SageMath version 10.1.rc0, Release Date: 2023-08-13'