diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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+2014-03-22  bb72c62                  [RELEASE] Release of TYPO3 6.2.0rc1 (TYPO3 Release Team)
+2014-03-22  a9e4f23  #54243,#33597   [!!!][BUGFIX] Cast negative int to boolean (true) in BooleanNode (Alexander Schnitzler)
+2014-03-22  d20ecc7  #57169          [BUGFIX] Invalid relations of MM records in workspaces (Oliver Hader)
+2014-03-22  740b443  #56376          [BUGFIX] Invalid relations of IRRE records in workspaces (Oliver Hader)
+2014-03-22  20acc40  #57168          [FEATURE] Enable queries using "root" and "-1" for pidInList (Oliver Hader)
+2014-03-22  cf64130  #56941          [TASK] Re-added the 1-2-3 bullets in the Step Installer (Ernesto Baschny)
+2014-03-22  6cf39f6  #24925,#24871   [BUGFIX] Mandatory for Selectbox with TCA not possible (Benjamin Mack)
+2014-03-21  477003c  #56992          [BUGFIX] Hide "new page buttons" for users who can't create new pages (Georg Ringer)
+2014-03-21  99ddf6d  #46067          [BUGFIX] Manipulation of file field migration config (Alexander Stehlik)
+2014-03-21  0624ab8  #56007          [TASK] Backport Flow JsonView (Jan Kiesewetter)
+2014-03-21  e1fbc3b  #55566,#57125   [TASK] Speed up page ID resolving in Extbase BE (Benjamin Mack)
+2014-03-21  5132dcd  #23478          [BUGFIX] Support for static table titles in new record wizard (Nicole Cordes)
+2014-03-21  ee9be36  #57002          [BUGFIX] Reduce length of identifier key in sys_file_processedfile (Nicole Cordes)
+2014-03-21  5ad45fc  #57162          [BUGFIX] FlashMessage styles missing in Reports module (Wouter Wolters)
+2014-03-21  e770891  #57166          [TASK] Fetch folder and environment status through AJAX (Wouter Wolters)
+2014-03-21  1dc27ff  #56977          [FEATURE] Save current workspace in ReferenceIndex (Oliver Hader)
+2014-03-21  ec1483e  #57114          [BUGFIX] Workspace toolbar styling fix (UL) (Eric Chavaillaz)
+2014-03-21  d855b47  #57072          [TASK] Refactor install tool enable file checks (Pascal Dürsteler)
+2014-03-21  6e9fd7d  #56994          [FEATURE] Introduce shadowColumnsForMovePlaceholders property (Oliver Hader)
+2014-03-21  2cd4683                  [TASK] Added .sass-cache to .gitignore (Ernesto Baschny)
+2014-03-21  517efee  #54201          [SECURITY] Implement Click Jacking Protection (Helmut Hummel)
+2014-03-21  915acbd  #55387          [!!!][SECURITY] Allow first install only with FIRST_INSTALL file (Helmut Hummel)
+2014-03-21  0180641  #54979          [TASK] Allow FrontendContentAdapter to be disabled (Steffen Ritter)
+2014-03-21  2d4a9d3  #57126          [BUGFIX] Form Wizard styling fix (UL/OL) (Ernesto Baschny)
+2014-03-21  fde89fd  #57159          [BUGFIX] Test follow-up to #57152 (Christian Kuhn)
+2014-03-21  7f14ac5  #53539          [CLEANUP] Cleanup code style in PageLayoutView (Markus Klein)
+2014-03-21  e7eae90  #57136          [BUGFIX] Mitigate race condition on cache flush (Helmut Hummel)
+2014-03-21  c23414d  #57152          [BUGFIX] First install lists directory errors (Ernesto Baschny)
+2014-03-21  e065273  #57127          [BUGFIX] Invalid HTML for the top toolbar in Backend (Xavier Perseguers)
+2014-03-21  7dba62f  #57062          [BUGFIX] Show clipboard if it contains elements (Nicole Cordes)
+2014-03-21  be64df4  #57107          [TASK] Rename escapeJsValue and make it context specific (Jigal van Hemert)
+2014-03-21  35ba580                  Revert "[TASK] Create new processor registry" (Ernesto Baschny)
+2014-03-21  274e7ee  #57117          [FOLLOWUP] Class loader handles invalid classes (Helmut Hummel)
+2014-03-21  049283c  #57128          [BUGIFX] Improve labels in clear cache menu items (Francois Suter)
+2014-03-20  baebd05  #57117          [BUGFIX] Class loader handles information about invalid classes (Markus Klein)
+2014-03-20  53d4070  #57124          [TASK] Move PhpInfo utility to a ViewHelper (Wouter Wolters)
+2014-03-20  ee6b726  #57118          [TASK] Follow up: File and folder permission check on Windows (Nicole Cordes)
+2014-03-20  6a0ba74  #56612          [TASK] Add functional tests for impexp FlexForm fields (Marc Bastian Heinrichs)
+2014-03-20  b38a6a3  #56991          [BUGFIX] Fix refindex for FlexForm fields type group file_reference (Marc Bastian Heinrichs)
+2014-03-20  5caaaca  #57119          [TASK] Unify use of getter for $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB'] (Xavier Perseguers)
+2014-03-20  b30e5ce  #53812          [TASK] Getters for global objects in PageLayoutView (Markus Klein)
+2014-03-20  f63f478  #57025          [TASK] Install Tool Improve Default File/Directory permission warnings (Ernesto Baschny)
+2014-03-20  8e494f1  #57055          [TASK] Fix tests for DirectoryNodeTest (Markus Klein)
+2014-03-20  3450d46  #57116          [BUGFIX] Use correct warning icon in time tracker (Alexander Stehlik)
+2014-03-20  19d6e38  #57075          [BUGFIX] Invalid file used to compute image ratio in text with picture (Xavier Perseguers)
+2014-03-20  15df568  #56933          [BUGFIX] Cached class loader misses are not considered (Thomas Maroschik)
+2014-03-20  e3c1e9a  #56516,#56071   [BUGFIX] Fix import of type group internal_type file_reference (Marc Bastian Heinrichs)
+2014-03-20  aeba480  #57010          [BUGFIX] Add SoftIndex parser typolink to link in sys_file_reference (Marc Bastian Heinrichs)
+2014-03-20  3e651c3  #57064          [BUGFIX] clearCache.system does not show up (Francois Suter)
+2014-03-20  b8edbf1  #57053          [BUGFIX] Named parameters in Extbase comparison queries (Alexander Stehlik)
+2014-03-19  575b6cb                  [BUGFIX] Regenerate missing RTE magic image on rendering (Stanislas Rolland)
+2014-03-19  10950c5  #55340          [BUGFIX] Several typos in Page Browsing ViewHelper (Benjamin Rau)
+2014-03-19  d404982  #56423          [BUGFIX] Use HTTP Status 307 for all page shortcut modes (Christoph Dörfel)
+2014-03-19  7be5935  #56089,#56285   [BUGFIX] Fix impexp with images in RTE and links to files (Marc Bastian Heinrichs)
+2014-03-19  f62864d  #55593          [TASK] Follow-up: Cleanup ext_localconf.php of sysexts (Marc Bastian Heinrichs)
+2014-03-19  5869277  #56077          [BUGFIX] Catch exception in filelist when file is missing (Frans Saris)
+2014-03-19  8332160  #56751          [BUGFIX] RTE Linking with file upload fails (Tymoteusz Motylewski)
+2014-03-19  6695edd  #54412          [TASK] Unify NULL default value handling (Alexander Stehlik)
+2014-03-19  b255afc  #56865          [BUGFIX] Fix automatic core updater (Markus Klein)
+2014-03-18  8c16498  #57045          [BUGFIX] Remove obsolete node in import test data header xml (Marc Bastian Heinrichs)
+2014-03-18  5934648  #57030          [TASK] Add ManyToMany copyPage functional test (Oliver Hader)
+2014-03-18  1c47cd5  #57054          [BUGFIX] Failng Import/Export functional tests (Oliver Hader)
+2014-03-18  d2be457  #57008          [BUGFIX] Exception in Locker if typo3temp does not exist (Alexander Opitz)
+2014-03-18  8a7ddef  #57046          [BUGFIX] Fix foreign_table for l10n_parent in sys_file_metadata (Marc Bastian Heinrichs)
+2014-03-18  86683f4  #55593          [TASK] Cleanup ext_localconf.php of sysexts (Benjamin Mack)
+2014-03-18  257dfba  #56349          [BUGFIX] Respect table mapping on caching (Andreas Fernandez)
+2014-03-18  a51dfba  #56738          [TASK] Simplify TYPO3_DB->cleanIntArray (Bernhard Kraft)
+2014-03-18  1e2598a  #56712          [BUGFIX] Use language overlay for image rendering (Alexander Stehlik)
+2014-03-18  5487900  #27372          [FEATURE] Execute native prepared queries (Xavier Perseguers)
+2014-03-18  c3b1bed  #54513          [TASK] Retry request on 403 in linkvalidator (Alexander Stehlik)
+2014-03-18  ddf9364  #54503          [TASK] Remove reference to old tx_templavoila nesting tag (Claus Due)
+2014-03-18  06839fd  #57004          [CLEANUP] Fix docheader param for Folder:addFile() (Marc Bastian Heinrichs)
+2014-03-18  d837f18  #57014          [TASK] Enrich many-to-many functional tests in live workspace (Oliver Hader)
+2014-03-18  547cf87  #56985          [BUGFIX] Respect timezone in online Backend user list (Alexander Stehlik)
+2014-03-18  c16c5ba  #56864          [BUGFIX] Element browser doesn't use FAL info to for file dimensions (Frans Saris)
+2014-03-17  2583fd2                  [TASK] Use queryCache in generic persistence (Felix Oertel)
+2014-03-17  69b05b7  #56915,#55360   [TASK] Follow-up: Use prepared statements in generic persistence (Marc Bastian Heinrichs)
+2014-03-17  cb06dd8  #57009          [BUGFIX] Documentation does not initialize signal slot dispatcher (Philipp Gampe)
+2014-03-17  9a735f2  #56335          [BUGFIX] Prevent Inclusion of ResourceStorage from Bootstrap (Thomas Maroschik)
+2014-03-17  2268f64  #55099          [BUGFIX] Implement locking in ClassLoader (Alexander Opitz)
+2014-03-17  53c6adc  #56353,#56352   [BUGFIX] Fields of type group file are not properly indexed (Marc Bastian Heinrichs)
+2014-03-17  6e987e1  #55674          [TASK] Ext:rtehtmlarea entry scripts cleanup (Nicole Cordes)
+2014-03-17  5bb52af  #56826          [BUGFIX] Cleanup EXT:cshmanual (Wouter Wolters)
+2014-03-17  c81102b  #44795          [BUGFIX] Avoid superfluous IRRE child record duplication (Alexander Stehlik)
+2014-03-17  bf87d9f                  Revert "[TASK] Declare getThisScript() in ElementBrowser as public" (Markus Klein)
+2014-03-17  b2756fe  #56721          [TASK] Declare getThisScript() in ElementBrowser as public (Georg Ringer)
+2014-03-17  1943bb5  #56811          [BUGFIX] Avoid reference index records for images in RTE fields (Marc Bastian Heinrichs)
+2014-03-17  ae444d9  #56978          [BUGFIX] Update $GLOBALS['TYPO3_LOADED_EXT'] on package change (Alexander Opitz)
+2014-03-17  526f34d  #51362          [FEATURE] Show PHP Errors after checking compatibility of extensions (Daniel Siepmann)
+2014-03-17  6a7cd68  #56824          [BUGFIX] Order storages in treeview by name (Frans Saris)
+2014-03-16  f8eb233  #51436          [TASK] Tests: Reduce unit test bootstrap (Christian Kuhn)
+2014-03-16  74e4757  #56960          [TASK] Finalize skinning of Sys_Note (Web>List & Web>Page) (Felix Kopp)
+2014-03-16  9d0f460  #56963          [TASK] Tests: Remove extbase BaseTestCase (Christian Kuhn)
+2014-03-16  b5e6c66  #56961          [TASK] Inherit from UnitTestCase in ext:extbase (Christian Kuhn)
+2014-03-16  96646e1  #56958          [TASK] Tests: Inherit from UnitTestCase in ext:fluid (Christian Kuhn)
+2014-03-16  d8667e0  #56949          [TASK] Tests: Do not extend from extbase BaseTestCase (Christian Kuhn)
+2014-03-16  3b0e223  #54128          [TASK] Remove renamed language command controller (Ernesto Baschny)
+2014-03-16  1cc84a8                  [TASK] Set TYPO3 version to 6.2-dev (TYPO3 Release Team)
+
+
 2014-03-16  5fe183a                  [RELEASE] Release of TYPO3 6.2.0beta7 (TYPO3 Release Team)
 2014-03-16  095ae8e  #56952          [BUGFIX] Check extensions in Install Tool broken (Ernesto Baschny)
 2014-03-16  e273ce1  #56723          [TASK] Add htmlspecial to ShowPic file properties (Ernesto Baschny)
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Core/SystemEnvironmentBuilder.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Core/SystemEnvironmentBuilder.php
index ea6b0c43a27d5c22fab5dcba43fc90dd934e83cb..a9b066c8c1d05250f320cf7ae321c202c5235ed7 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Core/SystemEnvironmentBuilder.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Core/SystemEnvironmentBuilder.php
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class SystemEnvironmentBuilder {
 	 */
 	static protected function defineBaseConstants() {
 		// This version, branch and copyright
-		define('TYPO3_version', '6.2-dev');
+		define('TYPO3_version', '6.2.0rc1');
 		define('TYPO3_branch', '6.2');
 		define('TYPO3_copyright_year', '1998-2014');