diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4c10fb73fad..d6368096e52 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ get_directory_property(precious_variables CACHE_VARIABLES)
 #=============================
 set(CLIENT_NAME "Bitcoin Core")
 set(CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR 30)
-set(CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR 99)
+set(CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR 0)
 set(CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD 0)
-set(CLIENT_VERSION_RC 0)
-set(CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE "false")
+set(CLIENT_VERSION_RC 1)
+set(CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE "true")
 set(COPYRIGHT_YEAR "2025")
 
 # During the enabling of the CXX and CXXOBJ languages, we modify