diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 053b6cdd0e..5971a1f6e8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "copyright": "© 2020, Lakend Labs, Inc.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "description": "Lens - The Kubernetes IDE",
-  "version": "3.5.1",
+  "version": "3.5.1-rc.1",
   "main": "main.ts",
   "config": {
     "bundledKubectlVersion": "1.17.4",
diff --git a/static/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/static/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 7182bb5187..65d8755855 100644
--- a/static/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/static/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Here you can find description of changes we've built into each release. While we try our best to make each upgrade automatic and as smooth as possible, there may be some cases where your might need to do something to ensure the application works smoothly. So please read through the release highlights!
 
-## 3.5.1 (current version)
+## 3.5.1-rc.1 (current version)
 - Fix kubernetes api requests to work with non-"namespaces" pathnames
 - Fix: Handle invalid metrics responses properly
 - Fix: Display namespace defined in kubeconfig always in the namespace selector