diff --git a/extra/simplesamlphp.spec b/extra/simplesamlphp.spec
index 5599aab641a5e1be0495a038193d04294aa07167..6819621eefc697cbf7b514da88e3741e2aac9308 100644
--- a/extra/simplesamlphp.spec
+++ b/extra/simplesamlphp.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %define name      simplesamlphp
 %define summary   SAML IDP/SP written in PHP
-%define version   2.0.0-rc1
+%define version   2.0.0-rc2
 %define release   1
 %define license   LGPL 2.1
 %define group     Networking/WWW
diff --git a/src/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php b/src/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
index 8e1876844527b973974cfcb176a8fe297858c745..32aacfc6f020d9946db583d3da116dd70ed3424c 100644
--- a/src/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class Configuration implements Utils\ClearableState
     /**
      * The release version of this package
      */
-    public const VERSION = '2.0.0-rc1';
+    public const VERSION = '2.0.0-rc2';
 
     /**
      * A default value which means that the given option is required.