diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 773310c3ba..8cbd26a3cb 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version=3.1.0-SNAPSHOT
+version=3.1.0-RC1
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xms512m -Xmx4g -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
 org.gradle.daemon=true
 org.gradle.caching=true