diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.xml b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.xml
index 004c243a92b1a..7b3502acd2651 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.xml
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <metafile version="3.9" client="administrator">
 	<name>English (en-GB)</name>
 	<version>3.9.24</version>
-	<creationDate>November 2020</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>December 2020</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/install.xml b/administrator/language/en-GB/install.xml
index cebcfc9ab1c07..ae82f8f750531 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/install.xml
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/install.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<name>English (en-GB)</name>
 	<tag>en-GB</tag>
 	<version>3.9.24</version>
-	<creationDate>November 2020</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>December 2020</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml b/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
index f316afb21f566..c861dada84207 100644
--- a/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
+++ b/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
 	<copyright>(C) 2005 - 2020 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved</copyright>
 	<license>GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt</license>
-	<version>3.9.24-dev</version>
-	<creationDate>November 2020</creationDate>
+	<version>3.9.24-rc</version>
+	<creationDate>December 2020</creationDate>
 	<description>FILES_JOOMLA_XML_DESCRIPTION</description>
 
 	<scriptfile>administrator/components/com_admin/script.php</scriptfile>
diff --git a/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_en-GB.xml b/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_en-GB.xml
index 24127f408bb30..303f5c4edbdfc 100644
--- a/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_en-GB.xml
+++ b/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_en-GB.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<name>English (en-GB) Language Pack</name>
 	<packagename>en-GB</packagename>
 	<version>3.9.24.1</version>
-	<creationDate>November 2020</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>December 2020</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/installation/language/en-GB/en-GB.xml b/installation/language/en-GB/en-GB.xml
index e25842550c698..af2e71136b49f 100644
--- a/installation/language/en-GB/en-GB.xml
+++ b/installation/language/en-GB/en-GB.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	client="installation">
 	<name>English (United Kingdom)</name>
 	<version>3.9.24</version>
-	<creationDate>November 2020</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>December 2020</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<copyright>Copyright (C) 2005 - 2020 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.</copyright>
 	<license>GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt</license>
diff --git a/language/en-GB/en-GB.xml b/language/en-GB/en-GB.xml
index 282eaafb0b203..35930708ac90a 100644
--- a/language/en-GB/en-GB.xml
+++ b/language/en-GB/en-GB.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <metafile version="3.9" client="site">
 	<name>English (en-GB)</name>
 	<version>3.9.24</version>
-	<creationDate>November 2020</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>December 2020</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/language/en-GB/install.xml b/language/en-GB/install.xml
index c12b3e9b33a31..89157175c5d99 100644
--- a/language/en-GB/install.xml
+++ b/language/en-GB/install.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<name>English (en-GB)</name>
 	<tag>en-GB</tag>
 	<version>3.9.24</version>
-	<creationDate>November 2020</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>December 2020</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/libraries/joomla/database/driver/pgsql.php b/libraries/joomla/database/driver/pgsql.php
index 9437ac4c93bf6..9452e1f406dbd 100644
--- a/libraries/joomla/database/driver/pgsql.php
+++ b/libraries/joomla/database/driver/pgsql.php
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ public function getConnectionCollation()
 	 *
 	 * @return  string
 	 *
-	 * @since   __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+	 * @since   3.9.24
 	 */
 	private function getDefaultSchema()
 	{
diff --git a/libraries/joomla/database/driver/postgresql.php b/libraries/joomla/database/driver/postgresql.php
index 72574f1e015a1..64481e9f2b22b 100644
--- a/libraries/joomla/database/driver/postgresql.php
+++ b/libraries/joomla/database/driver/postgresql.php
@@ -1631,7 +1631,7 @@ public function quoteBinary($data)
 	 *
 	 * @return  string
 	 *
-	 * @since   __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+	 * @since   3.9.24
 	 */
 	private function getDefaultSchema()
 	{
diff --git a/libraries/joomla/form/fields/password.php b/libraries/joomla/form/fields/password.php
index 16f32c65fe383..d532ed821bb74 100644
--- a/libraries/joomla/form/fields/password.php
+++ b/libraries/joomla/form/fields/password.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class JFormFieldPassword extends JFormField
 	 * also remove the value from the output.
 	 *
 	 * @var    boolean
-	 * @since  __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+	 * @since  3.9.24
 	 */
 	protected $lock = false;
 
diff --git a/libraries/src/Version.php b/libraries/src/Version.php
index 8c05d396e8f46..02cbe79c96ac6 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Version.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Version.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ final class Version
 	 * @var    string
 	 * @since  3.8.0
 	 */
-	const EXTRA_VERSION = 'dev';
+	const EXTRA_VERSION = 'rc';
 
 	/**
 	 * Release version.
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ final class Version
 	 * @since  3.5
 	 * @deprecated  4.0  Use separated version constants instead
 	 */
-	const DEV_LEVEL = '24-dev';
+	const DEV_LEVEL = '24-rc';
 
 	/**
 	 * Development status.
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ final class Version
 	 * @var    string
 	 * @since  3.5
 	 */
-	const DEV_STATUS = 'Development';
+	const DEV_STATUS = 'Release Candidate';
 
 	/**
 	 * Build number.
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ final class Version
 	 * @var    string
 	 * @since  3.5
 	 */
-	const RELDATE = '24-November-2020';
+	const RELDATE = '16-December-2020';
 
 	/**
 	 * Release time.
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ final class Version
 	 * @var    string
 	 * @since  3.5
 	 */
-	const RELTIME = '16:13';
+	const RELTIME = '23:34';
 
 	/**
 	 * Release timezone.