diff --git a/twoliter/Cargo.toml b/twoliter/Cargo.toml
index ff1e85cd3..2026ce77e 100644
--- a/twoliter/Cargo.toml
+++ b/twoliter/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "twoliter"
-version = "0.0.4"
+version = "0.0.4-rc1"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "A command line tool for creating custom builds of Bottlerocket"
 authors = ["Matthew James Briggs <brigmatt@amazon.com>"]