diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index e5d44da..f40e738 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Libpng 1.2.9beta11 - March 22, 2006
+Libpng 1.2.9rc1 - March 31, 2006
 
 This is not intended to be a public release.  It will be replaced
 within a few weeks by a public version or by another test version.
@@ -9,26 +9,32 @@
 Source files with LF line endings (for Unix/Linux) and with a
 "configure" script
 
-   1.2.9beta11.tar.gz
-   1.2.9beta11.tar.bz2
+   1.2.9rc1.tar.gz
+   1.2.9rc1.tar.bz2
+
+Source files with LF line endings (for Unix/Linux) without the
+"configure" script
+
+   1.2.9rc1-no-config.tar.gz
+   1.2.9rc1-no-config.tar.bz2
 
 Source files with CRLF line endings (for Windows), without the
 "configure" script
 
-   lp129b11.zip
-   lp129b11.tar.bz2
+   lp129r01.zip
+   lp129r01.tar.bz2
 
 Project files
 
-   1.2.9beta11-project-netware.zip
-   1.2.9beta11-project-wince.zip
+   1.2.9rc1-project-netware.zip
+   1.2.9rc1-project-wince.zip
 
 Other information:
 
-   1.2.9beta11-README.txt
-   1.2.9beta11-KNOWNBUGS.txt
-   1.2.9beta11-LICENSE.txt
-   1.2.9beta11-Y2K-compliance.txt
+   1.2.9rc1-README.txt
+   1.2.9rc1-KNOWNBUGS.txt
+   1.2.9rc1-LICENSE.txt
+   1.2.9rc1-Y2K-compliance.txt
 
 Changes since the last public release (1.2.8):
 
@@ -136,6 +142,10 @@
   Fixed out-of-order declaration in pngwrite.c that was introduced in beta9
   Simplified some makefiles by using LIBSO, LIBSOMAJ, and LIBSOVER macros.
 
+version 1.2.9rc1 [March 31, 2006]
+  Defined PNG_USER_PRIVATEBUILD when including "pngusr.h" (Cosmin).
+  Removed nonsensical assertion check from pngtest.c (Cosmin).
+
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