2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/META.json b/META.json
index 51afa28fb1..d9610e4a71 100644
--- a/META.json
+++ b/META.json
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
          "vxs.inc"
       ]
    },
-   "release_status" : "stable",
+   "release_status" : "testing",
    "resources" : {
       "bugtracker" : {
          "web" : "https://rt.perl.org/"
diff --git a/patchlevel.h b/patchlevel.h
index d9e397a30c..60a398614c 100644
--- a/patchlevel.h
+++ b/patchlevel.h
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ hunk.
 #  endif
 static const char * const local_patches[] = {
 	NULL
+	,"RC1"
 #ifdef PERL_GIT_UNCOMMITTED_CHANGES
 	,"uncommitted-changes"
 #endif