diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2c4beb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[bumpversion]
+current_version = 0.0.1-rc1
+commit = True
+tag = True
+tag_name = v{new_version}
+parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)([-](?P<release>(dev|rc))+(?P<build>\d+))?
+serialize = 
+	{major}.{minor}.{patch}-{release}{build}
+	{major}.{minor}.{patch}
+
+[bumpversion:part:release]
+first_value = dev
+optional_value = ga
+values = 
+	dev
+	rc
+	ga
+
+[bumpversion:part:build]
+first_value = 1
+
+[bumpversion:file:setup.py]
+
+[bumpversion:file:docs/conf.py]
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index ddd4336..2f1f833 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ copyright = '2021, IDRL'
 author = 'IDRL'
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '0.0.1-alpha'
+release = '0.0.1-rc1'
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index faba612..4878d9b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="idrlnet",  # Replace with your own username
-    version="0.0.1",
+    version="0.0.1-rc1",
     author="Intelligent Design & Robust Learning lab",
     author_email="weipeng@deepinfar.cn",
     description="IDRLnet",