diff --git a/src/version.cc b/src/version.cc
index c13a34daf3..9f686114e3 100644
--- a/src/version.cc
+++ b/src/version.cc
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #define PATCH_LEVEL       0
 // Use 1 for candidates and 0 otherwise.
 // (Boolean macro values are not supported by all preprocessors.)
-#define IS_CANDIDATE_VERSION 0
+#define IS_CANDIDATE_VERSION 1
 
 // Define SONAME to have the SCons build the put a specific SONAME into the
 // shared library instead the generic SONAME generated from the V8 version