diff --git a/mmocr/version.py b/mmocr/version.py
index 3626dcd1..2a4882c1 100644
--- a/mmocr/version.py
+++ b/mmocr/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Copyright (c) Open-MMLab. All rights reserved.
 
-__version__ = '0.6.0'
+__version__ = '1.0.0rc0'
 short_version = __version__