diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index c00bc7198..a7e0a0309 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Changes
 
 ## Unreleased - 2021-xx-xx
+
+
+## 4.0.0-rc.1 - 2022-01-31
 ### Changed
 - Rename `HttpServer::{client_timeout => client_request_timeout}`. [#2611]
 - Rename `HttpServer::{client_shutdown => client_disconnect_timeout}`. [#2611]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3799febe7..0f5b87810 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "actix-web"
-version = "4.0.0-beta.21"
+version = "4.0.0-rc.1"
 authors = [
     "Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>",
     "Rob Ede <robjtede@icloud.com>",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cc761a98e..f99a7be23 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
   <p>
 
 [![crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/actix-web?label=latest)](https://crates.io/crates/actix-web)
-[![Documentation](https://docs.rs/actix-web/badge.svg?version=4.0.0-beta.21)](https://docs.rs/actix-web/4.0.0-beta.21)
+[![Documentation](https://docs.rs/actix-web/badge.svg?version=4.0.0-rc.1)](https://docs.rs/actix-web/4.0.0-rc.1)
 ![MSRV](https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.54+-ab6000.svg)
 ![MIT or Apache 2.0 licensed](https://img.shields.io/crates/l/actix-web.svg)
-[![Dependency Status](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web/4.0.0-beta.21/status.svg)](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web/4.0.0-beta.21)
+[![Dependency Status](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web/4.0.0-rc.1/status.svg)](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web/4.0.0-rc.1)
 <br />
 [![CI](https://github.com/actix/actix-web/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/actix/actix-web/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/actix/actix-web/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/actix/actix-web)
diff --git a/actix-files/Cargo.toml b/actix-files/Cargo.toml
index 5faa0ebad..77e9ea0f6 100644
--- a/actix-files/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-files/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ experimental-io-uring = ["actix-web/experimental-io-uring", "tokio-uring"]
 actix-http = "3.0.0-rc.1"
 actix-service = "2"
 actix-utils = "3"
-actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-beta.21", default-features = false }
+actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-rc.1", default-features = false }
 
 askama_escape = "0.10"
 bitflags = "1"
@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@ tokio-uring = { version = "0.2", optional = true, features = ["bytes"] }
 [dev-dependencies]
 actix-rt = "2.2"
 actix-test = "0.1.0-beta.11"
-actix-web = "4.0.0-beta.21"
+actix-web = "4.0.0-rc.1"
 tempfile = "3.2"
diff --git a/actix-http-test/Cargo.toml b/actix-http-test/Cargo.toml
index 15fd298c1..4aa7a58c9 100644
--- a/actix-http-test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-http-test/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,5 +51,5 @@ tls-openssl = { version = "0.10.9", package = "openssl", optional = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.8.4", features = ["sync"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-beta.21", default-features = false, features = ["cookies"] }
+actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-rc.1", default-features = false, features = ["cookies"] }
 actix-http = "3.0.0-rc.1"
diff --git a/actix-http/Cargo.toml b/actix-http/Cargo.toml
index 959eefd8d..f4f178ee2 100644
--- a/actix-http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-http/Cargo.toml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ zstd = { version = "0.9", optional = true }
 actix-http-test = { version = "3.0.0-beta.11", features = ["openssl"] }
 actix-server = "2"
 actix-tls = { version = "3.0.0", features = ["openssl"] }
-actix-web = "4.0.0-beta.21"
+actix-web = "4.0.0-rc.1"
 
 async-stream = "0.3"
 criterion = { version = "0.3", features = ["html_reports"] }
diff --git a/actix-multipart/Cargo.toml b/actix-multipart/Cargo.toml
index 08c15da9c..23c5ba0df 100644
--- a/actix-multipart/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-multipart/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 actix-utils = "3.0.0"
-actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-beta.21", default-features = false }
+actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-rc.1", default-features = false }
 
 bytes = "1"
 derive_more = "0.99.5"
diff --git a/actix-test/Cargo.toml b/actix-test/Cargo.toml
index 6d70db0b9..def5a5825 100644
--- a/actix-test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-test/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ actix-http-test = "3.0.0-beta.11"
 actix-rt = "2.1"
 actix-service = "2.0.0"
 actix-utils = "3.0.0"
-actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-beta.21", default-features = false, features = ["cookies"] }
+actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-rc.1", default-features = false, features = ["cookies"] }
 awc = { version = "3.0.0-beta.19", default-features = false, features = ["cookies"] }
 
 futures-core = { version = "0.3.7", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
diff --git a/actix-web-actors/Cargo.toml b/actix-web-actors/Cargo.toml
index 51673a177..1c08ff733 100644
--- a/actix-web-actors/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-web-actors/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 actix = { version = "0.12.0", default-features = false }
 actix-codec = "0.4.1"
 actix-http = "3.0.0-rc.1"
-actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-beta.21", default-features = false }
+actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-rc.1", default-features = false }
 
 bytes = "1"
 bytestring = "1"
diff --git a/actix-web-codegen/Cargo.toml b/actix-web-codegen/Cargo.toml
index eb2e5536d..1147ecc0d 100644
--- a/actix-web-codegen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-web-codegen/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ actix-macros = "0.2.3"
 actix-rt = "2.2"
 actix-test = "0.1.0-beta.11"
 actix-utils = "3.0.0"
-actix-web = "4.0.0-beta.21"
+actix-web = "4.0.0-rc.1"
 
 futures-core = { version = "0.3.7", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 trybuild = "1"
diff --git a/awc/Cargo.toml b/awc/Cargo.toml
index 6d6e1c134..ee75e1adc 100644
--- a/awc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/awc/Cargo.toml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ actix-server = "2"
 actix-test = { version = "0.1.0-beta.11", features = ["openssl", "rustls"] }
 actix-tls = { version = "3.0.0", features = ["openssl", "rustls"] }
 actix-utils = "3.0.0"
-actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-beta.21", features = ["openssl"] }
+actix-web = { version = "4.0.0-rc.1", features = ["openssl"] }
 
 brotli = "3.3.3"
 const-str = "0.3"