diff --git a/sys/conf/newvers.sh b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
index 3da92b81939..af5875c5c0b 100644
--- a/sys/conf/newvers.sh
+++ b/sys/conf/newvers.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 TYPE="FreeBSD"
 REVISION="14.2"
-BRANCH="BETA3"
+BRANCH="RC1"
 if [ -n "${BRANCH_OVERRIDE}" ]; then
 	BRANCH=${BRANCH_OVERRIDE}
 fi