diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
index 661fe03912fae1b71f2c42f0a41cde9f95d85c45..0ede525ef588f2f4be05b4a0a4787e29fa5555fd 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ extern "C" {
 /* can be left blank, otherwise a,b,c... etc with no quotes */
 #define BLENDER_VERSION_CHAR   
 /* alpha/beta/rc/release, docs use this */
-#define BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE   rc
+#define BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE   release
 
 extern char versionstr[]; /* from blender.c */