diff --git a/networkapiclient/__init__.py b/networkapiclient/__init__.py
index fe416ab..af06e97 100644
--- a/networkapiclient/__init__.py
+++ b/networkapiclient/__init__.py
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@
 
 MAJOR_VERSION = '0'
 MINOR_VERSION = '7'
-PATCH_VERSION = '1-rc1'
+PATCH_VERSION = '1rc1'
 VERSION = '.'.join((MAJOR_VERSION, MINOR_VERSION, PATCH_VERSION,))