diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 16f6f40ed1..260bccfa62 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 
 
-### 3.6.2dev <- NOTE: the release version number will be 3.7.0 ###
+### 3.7.0rc1 <- NOTE: the release version number will be 3.7.0 ###
 
 - introduced new server lists: Any Genre 3, Choral/Barbershop (#875),
   also renamed Default to Any Genre 1, Any Genre to Any Genre 2,
diff --git a/Jamulus.pro b/Jamulus.pro
index 3549b83f12..0d075c079e 100755
--- a/Jamulus.pro
+++ b/Jamulus.pro
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = 3.6.2dev
+VERSION = 3.7.0rc1
 
 # use target name which does not use a captital letter at the beginning
 contains(CONFIG, "noupcasename") {