diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
index 742a82707109747b97a3941453e44a95892c4c86..dbc7575100e0edaa256eb9512ef73e242fde41b5 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public class RouterVersion {
     public final static String ID = "Git";
     public final static String VERSION = CoreVersion.VERSION;
     /** for example: "beta", "alpha", "rc" */
-    public final static String QUALIFIER = "";
+    public final static String QUALIFIER = "-rc";
     public final static long BUILD = 14;
     /** for example "-test" */
     public final static String EXTRA = "";