use rc rather than beta
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index ed771a0..edb9ae8 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
#define PY_MAJOR_VERSION 2
#define PY_MINOR_VERSION 7
#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 10
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_BETA
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_GAMMA
#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 0
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "2.7.10b0"
+#define PY_VERSION "2.7.10rc0"
/*--end constants--*/
/* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository). Empty