diff --git a/ansible_collections/arista/avd/galaxy.yml b/ansible_collections/arista/avd/galaxy.yml
index 70f2d1b4e04..0ed9bb777b9 100644
--- a/ansible_collections/arista/avd/galaxy.yml
+++ b/ansible_collections/arista/avd/galaxy.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace: arista
 name: avd
 
 # The version of the collection. Must be compatible with semantic versioning
-version: 4.0.0-dev12
+version: 4.0.0-rc1
 
 # The path to the Markdown (.md) readme file. This path is relative to the root of the collection
 readme: README.md