diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/gradle.properties b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/gradle.properties
index 0e3858644..b2a22894a 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/gradle.properties
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 GROUP=com.mapbox.mapboxsdk
-VERSION_NAME=4.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+VERSION_NAME=4.0.0-rc.1
 
 POM_DESCRIPTION=Mapbox GL Android SDK
 POM_URL=https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native
diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/resources/fabric/com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.mapbox-android-sdk.properties b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/resources/fabric/com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.mapbox-android-sdk.properties
index 00499bda3..14ced7955 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/resources/fabric/com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.mapbox-android-sdk.properties
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/resources/fabric/com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.mapbox-android-sdk.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 fabric-identifier=com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.mapbox-android-sdk
-fabric-version=4.0.0-beta.2
+fabric-version=4.0.0-rc.1
 fabric-build-type=binary