diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
index 18aa0d8e0aeb58e281cf4e267b33de9ecf39aaeb..e01586cb7d072647fc4fa6e4fe61eb0131140622 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ 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
 
 struct ListBase;
 struct MemFile;