diff --git a/pisi/__init__.py b/pisi/__init__.py
index 20b6fc6b..29a5168f 100644
--- a/pisi/__init__.py
+++ b/pisi/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 __version__ = "1.1_rc5"
 
-__dbversion__ = "1.1_beta8"
+__dbversion__ = "1.1_rc5"
 __filesdbversion__ = "1.0.5"         # yes, this is the real bottleneck
 
 __all__ = [ 'api', 'config', 'packagedb', 'installdb', 'search' ]