diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 094653418c8..3ad29249e95 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ endif()
 #=============================
 set(CLIENT_NAME "Bitcoin Core")
 set(CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR 29)
-set(CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR 99)
+set(CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR 0)
 set(CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD 0)
-set(CLIENT_VERSION_RC 0)
-set(CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE "false")
+set(CLIENT_VERSION_RC 1)
+set(CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE "true")
 set(COPYRIGHT_YEAR "2025")
 
 # During the enabling of the CXX and CXXOBJ languages, we modify