diff --git a/assembly-release/sign-release.sh b/assembly-release/sign-release.sh
index 77635f897..2a1f90cd7 100755
--- a/assembly-release/sign-release.sh
+++ b/assembly-release/sign-release.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-export rcstring=""
-export vstring="6.1.3"
+export rcstring="rc1"
+export vstring="6.1.4"
 
 # for rc releases we rename the release files
 if [ rcstring != "" ]; then