REL: NumPy 1.20.0rc1 release.
diff --git a/pavement.py b/pavement.py
index ca1d307..0e95a90 100644
--- a/pavement.py
+++ b/pavement.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
#-----------------------------------
# Path to the release notes
-RELEASE_NOTES = 'doc/source/release/1.18.0-notes.rst'
+RELEASE_NOTES = 'doc/source/release/1.20.0-notes.rst'
#-------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d46dd87..d50e21e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@
MAJOR = 1
MINOR = 20
MICRO = 0
-ISRELEASED = False
-VERSION = '%d.%d.%d' % (MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO)
+ISRELEASED = True
+VERSION = '%d.%d.%drc1' % (MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO)
# The first version not in the `Programming Language :: Python :: ...` classifiers above
if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
