diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 6382190..0af2778 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 (editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
 
-What's New in Python 2.6.4a1?
-=============================
+What's New in Python 2.6.4rc1?
+==============================
 
-*Release date: XX-XXX-20XX*
+*Release date: 07-Oct-2009*
 
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
index 66bd25d..d8bfb3e 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-2.6.spec
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 %define name python
 #--start constants--
-%define version 2.6.3
+%define version 2.6.4rc1
 %define libver 2.6
 #--end constants--
 %define release 1pydotorg