diff --git a/irc/constants.go b/irc/constants.go
index e91c0ff3..81453079 100644
--- a/irc/constants.go
+++ b/irc/constants.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import "fmt"
 
 const (
 	// SemVer is the semantic version of Oragono.
-	SemVer = "1.2.0-unreleased"
+	SemVer = "1.2.0-rc1"
 )
 
 var (