diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f3d76728..99f8878b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "openvino_xai"
-version = "1.0.0rc01"
+version = "1.0.0rc1"
 dependencies = [
   "openvino-dev==2024.2",
   "opencv-python",