diff --git a/buildsystem/version.py b/buildsystem/version.py
index 9442177a6..8fbbf040f 100644
--- a/buildsystem/version.py
+++ b/buildsystem/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 flx_version_major = "2016"
-flx_version_minor = "01"
-flx_version_patch = "04"
-flx_version_release = "-rc2"
+flx_version_minor = "04"
+flx_version_patch = "10"
+flx_version_release = "-rc1"
 flx_version = flx_version_major+"."+flx_version_minor+"."+flx_version_patch+flx_version_release
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index bd478b2bd..4c89e20f9 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-./newversion.sh $1
 git commit -a -m "New version `python3 showversion.py`"
 git tag `python3 showversion.py` -m "release `python3 showversion.py`"
 git push --follow-tags