diff --git a/lib/facter/version.rb b/lib/facter/version.rb
index ff609b8924..7cfddf010d 100644
--- a/lib/facter/version.rb
+++ b/lib/facter/version.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module Facter
   if not defined? FACTERVERSION then
-    FACTERVERSION = '1.7.4'
+    FACTERVERSION = '1.7.5-rc1'
   end
 
   ##