diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 186fabf4f..e261443b0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ endif()
 
 # set up versioning.
 set(DF_VERSION "0.43.05")
-SET(DFHACK_RELEASE "beta2")
-SET(DFHACK_PRERELEASE TRUE)
+SET(DFHACK_RELEASE "r1")
+SET(DFHACK_PRERELEASE FALSE)
 
 set(DFHACK_VERSION "${DF_VERSION}-${DFHACK_RELEASE}")