diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e926d9b7db..1ed90c410c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-18.02.0-ce-dev
+18.02.0-ce-rc1
diff --git a/components/cli/VERSION b/components/cli/VERSION
index 61a6904c4a..1ed90c410c 100644
--- a/components/cli/VERSION
+++ b/components/cli/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-18.02.0-dev
+18.02.0-ce-rc1