Version bump to 5.0rc1

wagtail/__init__.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from wagtail.utils.version import get_semver_version, get_version
 
 # major.minor.patch.release.number
 # release must be one of alpha, beta, rc, or final
-VERSION = (5, 0, 0, "alpha", 0)
+VERSION = (5, 0, 0, "rc", 1)
 
 __version__ = get_version(VERSION)
 

wagtail/project_template/requirements.txt

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 Django>=4.2,<4.3
-wagtail==5.0a0
+wagtail==5.0rc1