diff --git a/aiohttp/__init__.py b/aiohttp/__init__.py
index 8bbfa6687e5..b679b25e506 100644
--- a/aiohttp/__init__.py
+++ b/aiohttp/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "3.9.0b1"
+__version__ = "3.9.0rc0"
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Tuple