diff --git a/build/version.go b/build/version.go
index ddf02482b..96bf9c99c 100644
--- a/build/version.go
+++ b/build/version.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const (
 
 	// AppPreRelease defines the pre-release version suffix for this
 	// binary.
-	AppPreRelease = "rc1"
+	AppPreRelease = "rc2"
 )
 
 var (