diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index c5e8ab15..e4c87fa0 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const (
 
 	// AppPreRelease MUST only contain characters from semanticAlphabet
 	// per the semantic versioning spec.
-	AppPreRelease = ""
+	AppPreRelease = "rc2"
 )
 
 // appBuild is defined as a variable so it can be overridden during the build