diff --git a/doc/software-manual.pdf b/doc/software-manual.pdf
index 5dc3b1f7fbc3920483d88839415a8605846b0d29..19c94ae158d971331ce88f2c2f802525ec08136c 100644
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diff --git a/doc/software-manual.tex b/doc/software-manual.tex
index 7d8b07e59c6ad2f37c9d1cdd812766f22f6c4ab8..985ebe7d7f15b4ae2113feeb4c6b6c1d7857169b 100644
--- a/doc/software-manual.tex
+++ b/doc/software-manual.tex
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ fontsize=\footnotesize}
 \maketitle
 \begin{abstract}
 This document is a user manual describing usage of the VTM reference software
-for the VVC project. It applies to version 9.2 of the software.
+for the VVC project. It applies to version 10.0 of the software.
 \end{abstract}
 
 \tableofcontents
diff --git a/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h b/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h
index 0fb1573cd40f922a2e485c290a8481e025c24f5c..1ef8ba2fbb3c955725aea7a82cace946ae1f1a6e 100644
--- a/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h
+++ b/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #if ! defined( VTM_VERSION )
-#define VTM_VERSION "9.3"
+#define VTM_VERSION "10.0rc1"
 #endif