diff --git a/doc/doxygen/lwip.Doxyfile b/doc/doxygen/lwip.Doxyfile
index d13973e2..b86f6e4e 100644
--- a/doc/doxygen/lwip.Doxyfile
+++ b/doc/doxygen/lwip.Doxyfile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "lwIP"
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = "2.2.0.dev"
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = "2.2.0.rc1"
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
diff --git a/src/Filelists.cmake b/src/Filelists.cmake
index bbd814c5..59dde99a 100644
--- a/src/Filelists.cmake
+++ b/src/Filelists.cmake
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ set(LWIP_VERSION_REVISION "0")
 # LWIP_VERSION_RC is set to LWIP_RC_RELEASE for official releases
 # LWIP_VERSION_RC is set to LWIP_RC_DEVELOPMENT for Git versions
 # Numbers 1..31 are reserved for release candidates
-set(LWIP_VERSION_RC       "LWIP_RC_DEVELOPMENT")
+set(LWIP_VERSION_RC       "1")
 
 if ("${LWIP_VERSION_RC}" STREQUAL "LWIP_RC_RELEASE")
     set(LWIP_VERSION_STRING
diff --git a/src/include/lwip/init.h b/src/include/lwip/init.h
index 34e8937e..3d7e6122 100644
--- a/src/include/lwip/init.h
+++ b/src/include/lwip/init.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ extern "C" {
 /** For release candidates, this is set to 1..254
   * For official releases, this is set to 255 (LWIP_RC_RELEASE)
   * For development versions (Git), this is set to 0 (LWIP_RC_DEVELOPMENT) */
-#define LWIP_VERSION_RC         LWIP_RC_DEVELOPMENT
+#define LWIP_VERSION_RC         1
 
 /** LWIP_VERSION_RC is set to LWIP_RC_RELEASE for official releases */
 #define LWIP_RC_RELEASE         255