diff --git a/src/mongo/util/version.cpp b/src/mongo/util/version.cpp
index 916458b32b..5f3dcb2794 100644
--- a/src/mongo/util/version.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/util/version.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace mongo {
      * If you really need to do something else you'll need to fix _versionArray()
      */
     const char mongodbVersionString[] = "2.4.10";
-    const char tokumxVersionString[] = "1.5.0-alpha.1";
+    const char tokumxVersionString[] = "1.5.0-rc.0";
 
     std::string fullVersionString() {
         stringstream ss;