diff --git a/release-versions.txt b/release-versions.txt
index be1921d3..1ac43c65 100644
--- a/release-versions.txt
+++ b/release-versions.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-RELEASE_VERSION="2.2.0.M2"
+RELEASE_VERSION="2.2.0.RC1"
 DEVELOPMENT_VERSION="2.2.0-SNAPSHOT"