diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2d1e7ac11..6dd7a5594 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ PROJECT(OpenSceneGraph)
 
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION 3)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION 4)
-SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION 0)
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION 1)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION 130)
 
 # set to 0 when not a release candidate, non zero means that any generated
 # git tags will be treated as release candidates of given number
-SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_RELEASE_CANDIDATE 0)
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_RELEASE_CANDIDATE 1)
 
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_VERSION ${OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION}.${OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION}.${OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION})