diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 2e1c35bc685..81f1c4f0fbf 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ release=3
 # requirement is that it must be entirely printable ASCII characters
 # and have no white space.
 
-greek=a1
+greek=rc1
 
 # If repo_rev is empty, then the repository version number will be
 # obtained during "make dist" via the "git describe --tags --always"
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ date="Unreleased developer copy"
 
 libmpi_so_version=30:2:10
 libmpi_cxx_so_version=30:0:10
-libmpi_mpifh_so_version=31:1:11
-libmpi_usempi_tkr_so_version=30:1:10
-libmpi_usempi_ignore_tkr_so_version=30:1:10
-libmpi_usempif08_so_version=30:1:10
+libmpi_mpifh_so_version=32:0:12
+libmpi_usempi_tkr_so_version=31:0:11
+libmpi_usempi_ignore_tkr_so_version=31:0:11
+libmpi_usempif08_so_version=31:0:11
 
-libopen_rte_so_version=30:2:10
-libopen_pal_so_version=30:2:10
+libopen_rte_so_version=30:3:10
+libopen_pal_so_version=30:3:10
 libmpi_java_so_version=30:0:10
 liboshmem_so_version=30:2:10
 libompitrace_so_version=30:0:10