diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 03bd4ec..26b8a87 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 (editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
 
-What's New in Python 3.1.2?
-===========================
+What's New in Python 3.1.2 release candidate 1?
+===============================================
 
-*Release date: 20xx-xx-xx*
+*Release date: 2010-03-06*
 
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-3.1.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-3.1.spec
index 670fdea..482f5a1 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 3.1.1
+%define version 3.1.2rc1
 %define libver 3.1
 #--end constants--
 %define release 1pydotorg