diff --git a/lib/nokogiri/version/constant.rb b/lib/nokogiri/version/constant.rb
index 0aaf3f2f179..cb9c26233a1 100644
--- a/lib/nokogiri/version/constant.rb
+++ b/lib/nokogiri/version/constant.rb
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 module Nokogiri
   # The version of Nokogiri you are using
-  VERSION = "1.14.0.dev"
+  VERSION = "1.14.0.rc1"
 end