diff --git a/src/click/__init__.py b/src/click/__init__.py
index b13afb4a4..a22d24eb6 100644
--- a/src/click/__init__.py
+++ b/src/click/__init__.py
@@ -72,4 +72,4 @@
 from .utils import get_text_stream
 from .utils import open_file
 
-__version__ = "8.0.0a2"
+__version__ = "8.0.0rc1"