diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index e0c7f85..ff46726 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "2.7.1a0"
+IDLE_VERSION = "2.7.1rc1"