diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 6b085bb..d59f39a 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
 /*--start constants--*/
 #define PY_MAJOR_VERSION	3
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION	1
-#define PY_MICRO_VERSION	0
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	0
+#define PY_MICRO_VERSION	1
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_GAMMA
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	1
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION      	"3.1.0+"
+#define PY_VERSION      	"3.1.1rc1"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
index 994e91f..e7f2123 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
 # Updated automatically by the Python release process.
 #
 #--start constants--
-__version__ = "3.1.1a0"
+__version__ = "3.1.1rc1"
 #--end constants--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index 3892da2..1fa8141 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "3.1.1a0"
+IDLE_VERSION = "3.1.1rc1"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index fa26209..a02bf62 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 What's New in Python 3.1.1?
 ===========================
 
-*Release date: XX-XX-XXXX*
+*Release date: 2009-08-13*
 
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-3.1.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-3.1.spec
index 443789a..ce37597 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-3.1.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-3.1.spec
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 %define name python
 #--start constants--
-%define version 3.1.1a0
+%define version 3.1.1rc1
 %define libver 3.1
 #--end constants--
 %define release 1pydotorg
diff --git a/README b/README
index 5fc791c..c6ed55e 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is Python version 3.1
-==========================
+This is Python version 3.1.1rc1
+===============================
 
 Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
 Python Software Foundation.