diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7db3ef46c..03bf4657a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3432,8 +3432,8 @@ checksum = "42703706b716c37f96a77aea830392ad231f44c9e9a67872fa5548707e11b11c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fsst"
-version = "8.0.0-beta.19"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.19#5fd0659a49e4d080290438da7acd80f4e6b0f1d8"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.1#eea4095b188bf2ba2fa95d934a2f5d6c2c9e661c"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "rand 0.9.4",
@@ -4735,8 +4735,8 @@ checksum = "e037a2e1d8d5fdbd49b16a4ea09d5d6401c1f29eca5ff29d03d3824dba16256a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance"
-version = "8.0.0-beta.19"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.19#5fd0659a49e4d080290438da7acd80f4e6b0f1d8"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.1#eea4095b188bf2ba2fa95d934a2f5d6c2c9e661c"
 dependencies = [
  "arc-swap",
  "arrow",
@@ -4810,8 +4810,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-arrow"
-version = "8.0.0-beta.19"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.19#5fd0659a49e4d080290438da7acd80f4e6b0f1d8"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.1#eea4095b188bf2ba2fa95d934a2f5d6c2c9e661c"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4832,7 +4832,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-arrow-scalar"
 version = "58.0.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.19#5fd0659a49e4d080290438da7acd80f4e6b0f1d8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.1#eea4095b188bf2ba2fa95d934a2f5d6c2c9e661c"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4846,7 +4846,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-arrow-stats"
 version = "58.0.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.19#5fd0659a49e4d080290438da7acd80f4e6b0f1d8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.1#eea4095b188bf2ba2fa95d934a2f5d6c2c9e661c"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-schema",
@@ -4855,8 +4855,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-bitpacking"
-version = "8.0.0-beta.19"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.19#5fd0659a49e4d080290438da7acd80f4e6b0f1d8"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.1#eea4095b188bf2ba2fa95d934a2f5d6c2c9e661c"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayref",
  "paste",
@@ -4865,8 +4865,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-core"
-version = "8.0.0-beta.19"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.19#5fd0659a49e4d080290438da7acd80f4e6b0f1d8"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.1#eea4095b188bf2ba2fa95d934a2f5d6c2c9e661c"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -4904,8 +4904,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datafusion"
-version = "8.0.0-beta.19"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.19#5fd0659a49e4d080290438da7acd80f4e6b0f1d8"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.1#eea4095b188bf2ba2fa95d934a2f5d6c2c9e661c"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4935,8 +4935,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-datagen"
-version = "8.0.0-beta.19"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.19#5fd0659a49e4d080290438da7acd80f4e6b0f1d8"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.1#eea4095b188bf2ba2fa95d934a2f5d6c2c9e661c"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4953,8 +4953,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-derive"
-version = "8.0.0-beta.19"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.19#5fd0659a49e4d080290438da7acd80f4e6b0f1d8"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.1#eea4095b188bf2ba2fa95d934a2f5d6c2c9e661c"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -4963,8 +4963,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-encoding"
-version = "8.0.0-beta.19"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.19#5fd0659a49e4d080290438da7acd80f4e6b0f1d8"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.1#eea4095b188bf2ba2fa95d934a2f5d6c2c9e661c"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-arith",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -4999,8 +4999,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-file"
-version = "8.0.0-beta.19"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.19#5fd0659a49e4d080290438da7acd80f4e6b0f1d8"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.1#eea4095b188bf2ba2fa95d934a2f5d6c2c9e661c"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-arith",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -5030,8 +5030,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-index"
-version = "8.0.0-beta.19"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.19#5fd0659a49e4d080290438da7acd80f4e6b0f1d8"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.1#eea4095b188bf2ba2fa95d934a2f5d6c2c9e661c"
 dependencies = [
  "arc-swap",
  "arrow",
@@ -5096,8 +5096,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-io"
-version = "8.0.0-beta.19"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.19#5fd0659a49e4d080290438da7acd80f4e6b0f1d8"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.1#eea4095b188bf2ba2fa95d934a2f5d6c2c9e661c"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-arith",
@@ -5138,8 +5138,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-linalg"
-version = "8.0.0-beta.19"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.19#5fd0659a49e4d080290438da7acd80f4e6b0f1d8"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.1#eea4095b188bf2ba2fa95d934a2f5d6c2c9e661c"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -5154,8 +5154,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace"
-version = "8.0.0-beta.19"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.19#5fd0659a49e4d080290438da7acd80f4e6b0f1d8"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.1#eea4095b188bf2ba2fa95d934a2f5d6c2c9e661c"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -5167,8 +5167,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-namespace-impls"
-version = "8.0.0-beta.19"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.19#5fd0659a49e4d080290438da7acd80f4e6b0f1d8"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.1#eea4095b188bf2ba2fa95d934a2f5d6c2c9e661c"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-ipc",
@@ -5222,8 +5222,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-select"
-version = "8.0.0-beta.19"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.19#5fd0659a49e4d080290438da7acd80f4e6b0f1d8"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.1#eea4095b188bf2ba2fa95d934a2f5d6c2c9e661c"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
@@ -5238,8 +5238,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-table"
-version = "8.0.0-beta.19"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.19#5fd0659a49e4d080290438da7acd80f4e6b0f1d8"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.1#eea4095b188bf2ba2fa95d934a2f5d6c2c9e661c"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "arrow-array",
@@ -5278,8 +5278,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-testing"
-version = "8.0.0-beta.19"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.19#5fd0659a49e4d080290438da7acd80f4e6b0f1d8"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.1#eea4095b188bf2ba2fa95d934a2f5d6c2c9e661c"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-schema",
@@ -5292,8 +5292,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lance-tokenizer"
-version = "8.0.0-beta.19"
-source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-beta.19#5fd0659a49e4d080290438da7acd80f4e6b0f1d8"
+version = "8.0.0-rc.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git?tag=v8.0.0-rc.1#eea4095b188bf2ba2fa95d934a2f5d6c2c9e661c"
 dependencies = [
  "icu_segmenter",
  "jieba-rs",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e63a29302..a806ac74e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,20 +13,20 @@ categories = ["database-implementations"]
 rust-version = "1.91.0"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-lance = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.19", default-features = false, "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.19", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-core = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.19", "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.19", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-datagen = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.19", "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.19", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-file = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.19", "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.19", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-io = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.19", default-features = false, "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.19", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-index = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.19", "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.19", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-linalg = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.19", "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.19", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.19", "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.19", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.19", default-features = false, "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.19", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-table = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.19", "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.19", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-testing = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.19", "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.19", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.19", "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.19", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-encoding = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.19", "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.19", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
-lance-arrow = { "version" = "=8.0.0-beta.19", "tag" = "v8.0.0-beta.19", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.1", default-features = false, "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-core = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.1", "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-datagen = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.1", "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-file = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.1", "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-io = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.1", default-features = false, "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-index = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.1", "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-linalg = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.1", "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.1", "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-namespace-impls = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.1", default-features = false, "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-table = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.1", "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-testing = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.1", "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-datafusion = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.1", "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-encoding = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.1", "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
+lance-arrow = { "version" = "=8.0.0-rc.1", "tag" = "v8.0.0-rc.1", "git" = "https://github.com/lance-format/lance.git" }
 ahash = "0.8"
 # Note that this one does not include pyarrow
 arrow = { version = "58.0.0", optional = false }
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 0a1e8efcc..179b1f698 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <arrow.version>15.0.0</arrow.version>
-        <lance-core.version>8.0.0-beta.19</lance-core.version>
+        <lance-core.version>8.0.0-rc.1</lance-core.version>
         <spotless.skip>false</spotless.skip>
         <spotless.version>2.30.0</spotless.version>
         <spotless.java.googlejavaformat.version>1.7</spotless.java.googlejavaformat.version>