diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 80eb537d..6f6dd8c4 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Release notes
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
-towncrier 23.10.0rc0 (2023-10-23)
+towncrier 23.10.0rc1 (2023-10-23)
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 Features
diff --git a/src/towncrier/_version.py b/src/towncrier/_version.py
index 882f9c37..5d759a4e 100644
--- a/src/towncrier/_version.py
+++ b/src/towncrier/_version.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # For dev   - Version('towncrier', 23, 8, 1, dev=0)
 # For RC    - Version('towncrier', 23, 9, 0, release_candidate=1)
 # For final - Version('towncrier', 23, 9, 0)
-__version__ = Version("towncrier", 23, 10, 0, release_candidate=0)
+__version__ = Version("towncrier", 23, 10, 0, release_candidate=1)
 # The version is exposed in string format to be
 # available for the hatching build tools.
 _hatchling_version = __version__.short()