diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index e034676..79bab1d 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Release History
 ===============
 
-0.7.0
+0.7.0rc1
 +++++
 * Allow disabling color (#171)
 * Support yaml and yamlc output (#173)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ae40016..e8e3d56 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from codecs import open
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-VERSION = '0.7.0'
+VERSION = '0.7.0rc1'
 
 DEPENDENCIES = [
     'argcomplete',