diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index d7a45363e8..5eb5fd813d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2.1.0
+2.1.0-rc7
  * (cqlsh) Fix case insensitivity (CASSANDRA-7834)
  * Fix failure to stream ranges when moving (CASSANDRA-7836)
  * Correctly remove tmplink files (CASSANDRA-7803)
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 16ff03b34e..f2b6b4e9cc 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <property name="debuglevel" value="source,lines,vars"/>
 
     <!-- default version and SCM information -->
-    <property name="base.version" value="2.1.0-rc6"/>
+    <property name="base.version" value="2.1.0-rc7"/>
     <property name="scm.connection" value="scm:git://git.apache.org/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.developerConnection" value="scm:git://git.apache.org/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.url" value="http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=tree"/>
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e467737bd3..3d63641708 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+cassandra (2.1.0~rc7) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New RC release
+
+ -- Sylvain Lebresne <slebresne@apache.org>  Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:32:12 +0200
+
 cassandra (2.1.0~rc6) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New RC release