diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 3e17098..595c3c9 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 #define PY_MAJOR_VERSION	3
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION	3
 #define PY_MICRO_VERSION	0
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_BETA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	2
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_GAMMA
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	1
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION      	"3.3.0b2+"
+#define PY_VERSION      	"3.3.0rc1"
 /*--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 1504277..8d73b51 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__ = "3.3.0b2"
+__version__ = "3.3.0rc1"
 #--end constants--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index db5b373..4a65a88 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "3.3.0b2"
+IDLE_VERSION = "3.3.0rc1"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c71a7cb..144f94e 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 What's New in Python 3.3.0 Release Candidate 1?
 ===============================================
 
-*Release date: XX-Aug-2012*
+*Release date: 25-Aug-2012*
 
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-3.3.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-3.3.spec
index 825e46c..94354f9 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 3.3.0b2
+%define version 3.3.0rc1
 %define libvers 3.3
 #--end constants--
 %define release 1pydotorg
diff --git a/README b/README
index eded8fd..3f0f149 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is Python version 3.3.0 beta 2
-===================================
+This is Python version 3.3.0 release candidate 1
+================================================
 
 Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,
 2012 Python Software Foundation.  All rights reserved.