diff --git a/code.json b/code.json
index 015bea6261b059c451e1fb49437feccf3a94e9b7..da3b2eba980c495ae62885be44da232333cb3b86 100644
--- a/code.json
+++ b/code.json
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
     "name": "ISIS3",
     "organization": "U.S. Geological Survey",
     "description": "GitHub code repository for the Integrated Software for Imagers and Spectrometers (ISIS)",
-    "version": "8.3.0",
+    "version": "8.3.0_RC1",
     "status": "Production",
 
     "permissions": {
@@ -99,14 +99,14 @@
       "licenses": [
         {
           "name": "Public Domain, CC0-1.0",
-          "URL": "https://code.usgs.gov/astrogeology/isis/-/raw/8.3.0/LICENSE.md"
+          "URL": "https://code.usgs.gov/astrogeology/isis/-/raw/8.3.0_RC1/LICENSE.md"
         }
       ]
     },
 
     "homepageURL": "https://isis.astrogeology.usgs.gov",
-    "downloadURL": "https://code.usgs.gov/astrogeology/isis/-/archive/8.3.0/8.3.0.zip",
-    "disclaimerURL": "https://code.usgs.gov/astrogeology/isis/-/raw/8.3.0/DISCLAIMER.md",
+    "downloadURL": "https://code.usgs.gov/astrogeology/isis/-/archive/8.3.0_RC1/8.3.0_RC1.zip",
+    "disclaimerURL": "https://code.usgs.gov/astrogeology/isis/-/raw/8.3.0_RC1/DISCLAIMER.md",
     "repositoryURL": "https://code.usgs.gov/astrogeology/isis.git",
     "vcs": "git",
 
@@ -124,12 +124,12 @@
     ],
 
     "contact": {
-      "name": "Christine",
-      "email": "chkim@usgs.gov"
+      "name": "Adam Paquette",
+      "email": "acpaquette@usgs.gov"
     },
 
     "date": {
-      "metadataLastUpdated": "2024-09-30"
+      "metadataLastUpdated": "2024-08-16"
     }
   }
 ]
diff --git a/isis/CMakeLists.txt b/isis/CMakeLists.txt
index f84759c0693fdbf8425d0a6cd200b4b0b627d7a1..f8d1ad3eb3eb0c3f207c657a601ff79f41ea2261 100644
--- a/isis/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/isis/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ set(PACKAGE_STRING     "${PACKAGE_NAME} ${VERSION}")
 
 # Other release information
 string(TIMESTAMP VERSION_DATE "%Y-%m-%d" UTC)
-set(RELEASE_STAGE             "stable") # (alpha, beta, stable)
+set(RELEASE_STAGE             "beta") # (alpha, beta, stable)
 
 # Define to the address where bug reports for this package should be sent.
 set(PACKAGE_BUGREPORT  "https://github.com/USGS-Astrogeology/ISIS3/issues")
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 733f250c01513ff52e2b88131eef4f98cfa53f48..aebf9edd3d903d3ac1ae7fc2b9fdb982cfe73e86 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 package:
   name: isis
-  version: {{ version }}.0
+  version: {{ version }}.0_RC1
 
 source:
   git_url: 'https://github.com/DOI-USGS/ISIS3.git'