diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index b0f13db..d875ff3 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pyalsa-1.0.15.tar.bz2
+pyalsa-1.0.17rc1.tar.bz2
diff --git a/python-alsa.spec b/python-alsa.spec
index 2c786d1..7d9f7c0 100644
--- a/python-alsa.spec
+++ b/python-alsa.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 %{!?python_sitearch: %define python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
 
-%define rcver       %{nil}
-%define rcver_dot   %{nil}
+%define rcver       rc1
+%define rcver_dot   .rc1
 
 Summary:	Python binding for the ALSA library
 Name:		python-alsa
 Version:	1.0.17
-Release:	1%{?rcver_dot}%{?dist}
+Release:	0.1%{?rcver_dot}%{?dist}
 License:	LGPLv2+
 Group:		Development/Languages
 Source0:	ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/pyalsa/pyalsa-%{version}%{?rcver}.tar.bz2
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{python_sitearch}/*
 
 %changelog
-* Fri Jul 25 2008 Andy Shevchenko <andy@smile.org.ua> - 1.0.17-1
-- update to release 1.0.17
+* Fri Jul 25 2008 Andy Shevchenko <andy@smile.org.ua> - 1.0.17-0.1.rc1
+- update to release 1.0.17rc1
 
 * Sun May 04 2008 Andy Shevchenko <andy@smile.org.ua> - 1.0.16-1
 - update to release 1.0.16
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 46f57c1..85afc65 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-cb38d76edaf47b85baf7eec2b60da5fa  pyalsa-1.0.17.tar.bz2
+efc84449c792477607abe71637f38eca  pyalsa-1.0.17rc1.tar.bz2