diff --git a/docs/_config.yml b/docs/_config.yml
index 08838914490bd..c6779f6cacef4 100644
--- a/docs/_config.yml
+++ b/docs/_config.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ redcarpet:
 pygments: true
 name: React
 markdown: redcarpet
-react_version: 0.6.0-alpha
+react_version: 0.9.0-rc1
 description: A JavaScript library for building user interfaces
 relative_permalinks: true
 paginate: 5
diff --git a/npm-react/package.json b/npm-react/package.json
index 0a14c04b29de5..02cf48e3d40a2 100644
--- a/npm-react/package.json
+++ b/npm-react/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react",
-  "version": "0.9.0-alpha",
+  "version": "0.9.0-rc1",
   "keywords": [
     "react"
   ],
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ac9cc661c1005..cf734d3cc065c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-tools",
-  "version": "0.9.0-alpha",
+  "version": "0.9.0-rc1",
   "keywords": [
     "react",
     "jsx",
diff --git a/src/browser/React.js b/src/browser/React.js
index 9879e2a6f0713..72358edfcc2fb 100644
--- a/src/browser/React.js
+++ b/src/browser/React.js
@@ -90,6 +90,6 @@ if (__DEV__) {
 
 // Version exists only in the open-source version of React, not in Facebook's
 // internal version.
-React.version = '0.9.0-alpha';
+React.version = '0.9.0-rc1';
 
 module.exports = React;