Bump to 3.3.4rc1.
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 054b9eb..e3b4f60 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
 /*--start constants--*/
 #define PY_MAJOR_VERSION	3
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION	3
-#define PY_MICRO_VERSION	3
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	0
+#define PY_MICRO_VERSION	4
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_GAMMA
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	1
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION      	"3.3.3+"
+#define PY_VERSION      	"3.3.4rc1"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
index 6747ab8..8a637d1 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 # Updated automatically by the Python release process.
 #
 #--start constants--
-__version__ = "3.3.3"
+__version__ = "3.3.4rc1"
 #--end constants--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index 60f1d32..a51920b 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "3.3.3"
+IDLE_VERSION = "3.3.4rc1"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 17db15a..bc34d65 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 What's New in Python 3.3.4 release candidate 1?
 ===============================================
 
-*Not yet released, see sections below for changes released in 3.3.3*
+*Release date: 26-Jan-2014*
 
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
 IDLE
 ----
 
---Issue #17390: Add Python version to Idle editor window title bar.
+- Issue #17390: Add Python version to Idle editor window title bar.
   Original patches by Edmond Burnett and Kent Johnson.
   
 - Issue #18960: IDLE now ignores the source encoding declaration on the second
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-3.3.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-3.3.spec
index b8b57e2..f9ca8f1 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-3.3.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-3.3.spec
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 %define name python
 #--start constants--
-%define version 3.3.3
+%define version 3.3.4rc1
 %define libvers 3.3
 #--end constants--
 %define release 1pydotorg
diff --git a/README b/README
index 0470b1a..94998de 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is Python version 3.3.3
-============================
+This is Python version 3.3.4 release candidate 1
+================================================
 
 Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,
 2012, 2013, 2014 Python Software Foundation.  All rights reserved.