diff --git a/include/target/target_core_base.h b/include/target/target_core_base.h
index b3a62e451313..79f2e0a30dc8 100644
--- a/include/target/target_core_base.h
+++ b/include/target/target_core_base.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <net/sock.h>
 #include <net/tcp.h>
 
-#define TARGET_CORE_MOD_VERSION		"v4.0.0-rc6"
+#define TARGET_CORE_MOD_VERSION		"v4.0.0-rc7-ml"
 #define SHUTDOWN_SIGS	(sigmask(SIGKILL)|sigmask(SIGINT)|sigmask(SIGABRT))
 
 /* Used by transport_generic_allocate_iovecs() */