diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index 4f7cf337b46..3ca573d0d1a 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 What's New in IDLE 1.1b3/rc1?
 =============================
 
-*Release date: XX-XXX-2004*
+*Release date: 18-NOV-2004*
 
 - Saving a Keyset w/o making changes (by using the "Save as New Custom Key Set"
   button) caused IDLE to fail on restart (no new keyset was created in
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index d1092fa7253..d4d8295dc63 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "1.1b2"
+IDLE_VERSION = "1.1c1"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a9e4ecb9133..0bbfb887408 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Python News
 What's New in Python 2.4 (release candidate 1|beta 3)
 =====================================================
 
-*Release date: XX-XXX-2004*
+*Release date: 18-NOV-2004*
 
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-2.4.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-2.4.spec
index 9bfdf4063e9..dce3842a0af 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-2.4.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-2.4.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #################################
 
 %define name python
-%define version 2.4b2
+%define version 2.4c1
 %define libvers 2.4
 %define release 1pydotorg
 %define __prefix /usr