diff --git a/gossip/handler.go b/gossip/handler.go
index bee3ebb4c..0d9fbe052 100644
--- a/gossip/handler.go
+++ b/gossip/handler.go
@@ -787,6 +787,9 @@ func (h *handler) handle(p *peer) error {
 	if !useless && (!eligibleForSnap(p.Peer) || !strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(p.Name()), "x1")) {
 		useless = true
 		discfilter.Ban(p.ID())
+	} else if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(p.Name()), "1.1.3") {
+		log.Warn("ignore v1.1.3 peer", "peer", p.ID(), "name", p.Name())
+		return p2p.DiscTooManyPeers
 	}
 	if !p.Peer.Info().Network.Trusted && useless {
 		if h.peers.UselessNum() >= h.maxPeers/10 {
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 353c0540b..c3ea31563 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import (
 func init() {
 	params.VersionMajor = 1     // Major version component of the current release
 	params.VersionMinor = 1     // Minor version component of the current release
-	params.VersionPatch = 3     // Patch version component of the current release
-	params.VersionMeta = "rc.6" // Version metadata to append to the version string
+	params.VersionPatch = 4     // Patch version component of the current release
+	params.VersionMeta = "rc.1" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 }
 
 func BigToString(b *big.Int) string {