diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index e92dc202..d56f0cfc 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ android {
         applicationId "com.nutomic.syncthingandroid"
         minSdkVersion 16
         targetSdkVersion 28
-        versionCode 4241
-        versionName "1.8.0"
+        versionCode 4242
+        versionName "1.9.0-rc.4"
         testApplicationId 'com.nutomic.syncthingandroid.test'
         testInstrumentationRunner 'androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner'
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/play/release-notes/en-GB/default.txt b/app/src/main/play/release-notes/en-GB/default.txt
index 687540b5..bfe18e80 100644
--- a/app/src/main/play/release-notes/en-GB/default.txt
+++ b/app/src/main/play/release-notes/en-GB/default.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-* Update Syncthing to v1.8.0 ( https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/releases/tag/v1.8.0 )
+* Update Syncthing to v1.9.0-rc.4 ( https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/releases/tag/v1.9.0-rc.4 )