diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4413ca97b..e7d57636f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ endif()
 
 # set up versioning.
 set(DF_VERSION "0.44.09")
-set(DFHACK_RELEASE "alpha1")
-set(DFHACK_PRERELEASE TRUE)
+set(DFHACK_RELEASE "r1")
+set(DFHACK_PRERELEASE FALSE)
 
 set(DFHACK_VERSION "${DF_VERSION}-${DFHACK_RELEASE}")