diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index c05409e..843be1c 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "2.7b2"
+IDLE_VERSION = "2.7rc1"