diff --git a/main.inc.php b/main.inc.php
index 4a775b233bb00f45331b891e5f6fe1d4f202268d..5b5fc593165e2c627cf4bcbf75ce58125501b0d2 100644
--- a/main.inc.php
+++ b/main.inc.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     /*############## Do NOT monkey with anything else beyond this point UNLESS you really know what you are doing ##############*/
 
     #Current version && schema signature (Changes from version to version)
-    define('THIS_VERSION','1.7-RC3'); //Shown on admin panel
+    define('THIS_VERSION','1.7-RC3+'); //Shown on admin panel
     define('SCHEMA_SIGNATURE','00ff231f2ade8797a0e7f2a7fccd52f4'); //MD5 signature of the db schema. (used to trigger upgrades)
     #load config info
     $configfile='';
diff --git a/setup/setup.inc.php b/setup/setup.inc.php
index a79c93c7e55ed3aab9a220ea54f1d558258e3fc6..8f32e67af6b02242472c3e01ff0e6fe37ea9ce87 100644
--- a/setup/setup.inc.php
+++ b/setup/setup.inc.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 **********************************************************************/
 
 #This  version - changed on every release
-define('THIS_VERSION', '1.7-RC3');
+define('THIS_VERSION', '1.7-RC3+');
 
 #inits - error reporting.
 $error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE;