diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 04a9ce4e589c3a9ec333b7495eb934ebf59875c6..c20e112676a637a032a4204b888237e02fdf5eb1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1296,13 +1296,13 @@ m4_foreach_w([elpa_m4_kind],[real complex],[
         ])
 ])
 
-#echo " "
-#echo "***********************************************************************"
-#echo "*  This is a the first release candidate of ELPA 2017.11.001.rc1      *"
-#echo "*  There might be still some changes until the final release of       *"
-#echo "*  ELPA 2017.11.001                                                   *"
-#echo "***********************************************************************"
-#echo " "
+echo " "
+echo "***********************************************************************"
+echo "*  This is a the first release candidate of ELPA 2018.05.001.rc1      *"
+echo "*  There might be still some changes until the final release of       *"
+echo "*  ELPA 2018.05.001                                                   *"
+echo "***********************************************************************"
+echo " "
 
 if test x"$enable_kcomputer" = x"yes" ; then
   echo " "
diff --git a/elpa.spec b/elpa.spec
index b5286425089f1c24e58a752268a19f504d7f7e37..53583aae57335733ab71a98c2463be2bd64bbff4 100644
--- a/elpa.spec
+++ b/elpa.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 %define with_openmp 0
 
 Name:           elpa
-Version:        2017.11.001
+Version:        2018.05.001.rc1
 Release:        1
 Summary:        A massively parallel eigenvector solver
 License:        LGPL-3.0