diff --git a/bin/version b/bin/version
index 1573f5f9524c784df81383d633c70766d2d7cb00..487aa2d84ad53c7e7a6cf5cd3ed160a7b1d4f594 100755
--- a/bin/version
+++ b/bin/version
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-VERSION="v0.32.0-snapshot"
+VERSION="v0.32.0-RC1"
 
 # dynamically pull more interesting stuff from latest git commit
 HASH=$(git show-ref --head --hash=7 head)            # first 7 letters of hash should be enough; that's what GitHub uses