diff --git a/development/Win32/packaging/installer/settings.nsh b/development/Win32/packaging/installer/settings.nsh
index 243dba24bf..f2539e3973 100644
--- a/development/Win32/packaging/installer/settings.nsh
+++ b/development/Win32/packaging/installer/settings.nsh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ These typically need to be modified for each LyX release
 !define APP_VERSION_MAJOR 2
 !define APP_VERSION_MINOR 3
 !define APP_VERSION_REVISION 0
-!define APP_VERSION_EMERGENCY "beta-1" # use "1" for an emergency release of LyX otherwise ""
+!define APP_VERSION_EMERGENCY "RC-1" # use "1" for an emergency release of LyX otherwise ""
 !define APP_EMERGENCY_DOT "" # use "." for an emergency release of LyX otherwise ""
 !define APP_VERSION_BUILD 1 # Start with 1 for the installer releases of each version