diff --git a/build/version.txt b/build/version.txt
index dc4cb7d4..5e420242 100644
--- a/build/version.txt
+++ b/build/version.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 #   Patch: Backwards compatible bug fixes only
 #   -Suffix (optional): a hyphen followed by a string denoting a pre-release version (rc1, rc2, etc.)
 
-8.8.0-rc3
+8.8.0-rc4