diff --git a/build/version.go b/build/version.go
index 9ddb6b8c3..176d527ac 100644
--- a/build/version.go
+++ b/build/version.go
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ const (
 	AppMinor uint = 17
 
 	// AppPatch defines the application patch for this binary.
-	AppPatch uint = 3
+	AppPatch uint = 4
 
 	// AppPreRelease MUST only contain characters from semanticAlphabet per
 	// the semantic versioning spec.
-	AppPreRelease = "beta"
+	AppPreRelease = "beta.rc1"
 )
 
 func init() {