Tagging 1.8.5-rc1
diff --git a/core/net/pom.xml b/core/net/pom.xml
index ee00a0b..b158a00 100644
--- a/core/net/pom.xml
+++ b/core/net/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>onos-core</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.8.5-rc1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>onos-core-net</artifactId>
diff --git a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/core/impl/CoreManager.java b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/core/impl/CoreManager.java
index 46d3c3e..1d6be86 100644
--- a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/core/impl/CoreManager.java
+++ b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/core/impl/CoreManager.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
 
     private static final File VERSION_FILE = new File("../VERSION");
-    private static Version version = Version.version("1.8.5-SNAPSHOT");
+    private static Version version = Version.version("1.8.5-rc1");
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
     protected ApplicationIdStore applicationIdStore;