diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 4e703a0b0b..2200ecdbd2 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 		var packageJson = grunt.file.readJSON("package.json");
 		var versionParts = packageJson.version.split("-");
 		if (process.env["RELEASE_BUILD"]) {
-			packageJson.version = versionParts[0];
+// HACK - excluded until 1.0.0 release or we refactor our project infrastructure (whichever comes first)
+//			packageJson.version = versionParts[0];
 		} else {
 			versionParts[1] = buildVersion;
 			packageJson.version = versionParts.join("-");
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4128aa4805..e2517714a3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "nativescript",
   "preferGlobal": true,
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.0.0-rc0",
   "author": "Telerik <support@telerik.com>",
   "description": "Command-line interface for building NativeScript projects",
   "bin": {