Version bump to 3.6.2rc1
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index a658e9f..9c22385 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
/*--start constants--*/
#define PY_MAJOR_VERSION 3
#define PY_MINOR_VERSION 6
-#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 1
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 0
+#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 2
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_GAMMA
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 1
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "3.6.1+"
+#define PY_VERSION "3.6.2rc1"
/*--end constants--*/
/* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c483e5f..bccdf94 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
What's New in Python 3.6.2 release candidate 1?
===============================================
-*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+*Release date: 2017-06-17*
Core and Builtins
-----------------
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index b0ce135..71eb257 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is Python version 3.6.1+
-=============================
+This is Python version 3.6.2 release candidate 1
+================================================
.. image:: https://travis-ci.org/python/cpython.svg?branch=3.6
:alt: CPython build status on Travis CI