Add -rc to the release candidate default tag
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 0a42acc..daa85e8 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@
 
 If a vote was called on the IPMC list, close it in the same fashion with a recap.
 
+## Release on github
+
+Go to github and mark the release as released. Change the tag name to drop the `-rc` at the end.
+
 ### Push the release to the dist final location
 
 Move the files from `https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/tuweni/${RELEASE VERSION}/` to 
diff --git a/gradle/stage.gradle b/gradle/stage.gradle
index 3f5aab5..25cdc8d 100644
--- a/gradle/stage.gradle
+++ b/gradle/stage.gradle
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
     def branch = branchOutput.toString().trim()
     // tag the repo
     project.exec {
-      commandLine 'git', 'tag', '-m', "Release $project.version-incubating", "v$project.version-incubating"
+      commandLine 'git', 'tag', '-m', "Release $project.version-incubating", "v$project.version-incubating-rc"
     }
     project.exec {
       commandLine 'git', 'push', 'origin', branch, '--tags'