diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dcecbac..cae396e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <!-- do not use snapshot suffix here -->
     <commons.release.version>1.0-beta1</commons.release.version>
     <commons.release.desc>(requires Java 8+)</commons.release.desc>
-    <commons.rc.version>RC2</commons.rc.version>
+    <commons.rc.version>RC3</commons.rc.version>
     <commons.binary.suffix>-bin</commons.binary.suffix>
 
     <commons.jira.id>GEOMETRY</commons.jira.id>
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 03aee1a..1a155d3 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
 
-    <release version="1.0-beta1" date="2020-07-08" description="
+    <release version="1.0-beta1" date="2020-07-20" description="
 This is a beta release of Apache Commons Geometry. No guarantees are
 made regarding the stability of the API or compatibility with future
 releases.
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/release-history.xml b/src/site/xdoc/release-history.xml
index 0f759ba..a8388f7 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/release-history.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/release-history.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       <table>
         <tr><th>Version</th><th>Release date (YYYY-MM-DD)</th><th>Required Java Version</th><th>Release notes</th></tr>
         <tr>
-          <td>1.0-beta1</td><td>2020-07-08</td><td>8+</td><td><a href="release-notes/RELEASE-NOTES-1.0-beta1.txt">release notes for 1.0-beta1</a></td>
+          <td>1.0-beta1</td><td>2020-07-20</td><td>8+</td><td><a href="release-notes/RELEASE-NOTES-1.0-beta1.txt">release notes for 1.0-beta1</a></td>
         </tr>
       </table>