diff --git a/tensorflow/core/public/version.h b/tensorflow/core/public/version.h
index 1f71e24eebbe16b8e4e6b862cd632b9121327183..b043a694318d52ed92adfcb8dc7bb90702fc2f31 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/public/version.h
+++ b/tensorflow/core/public/version.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 // TF_VERSION_SUFFIX is non-empty for pre-releases (e.g. "-alpha", "-alpha.1",
 // "-beta", "-rc", "-rc.1")
-#define TF_VERSION_SUFFIX "-rc0"
+#define TF_VERSION_SUFFIX "-rc1"
 
 #define TF_STR_HELPER(x) #x
 #define TF_STR(x) TF_STR_HELPER(x)
diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py b/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
index 8442e58f205b988be832121cf5d7d2da18f49244..d40ffb8cd07341f5b6a776801a0ab8226d2372c7 100644
--- a/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
+++ b/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ DOCLINES = __doc__.split('\n')
 # This version string is semver compatible, but incompatible with pip.
 # For pip, we will remove all '-' characters from this string, and use the
 # result for pip.
-_VERSION = '1.11.0-rc0'
+_VERSION = '1.11.0-rc1'
 
 REQUIRED_PACKAGES = [
     'absl-py >= 0.1.6',