diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 49b9043d8fc..e217f0f0296 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ set( CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set(VERSION_MINOR 8)
 set(VERSION_PATCH 4)
-#set(VERSION_SUFFIX develop)
+set(VERSION_SUFFIX rc1)
 
 if(VERSION_SUFFIX)
     set(VERSION_FULL "${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}-${VERSION_SUFFIX}")