diff --git a/promise/__init__.py b/promise/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/promise/__init__.py
+++ b/promise/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ except NameError:
     __SETUP__ = False
 
 
-VERSION = (2, 0, 0, 'beta', 1)
+VERSION = (2, 0, 0, 'rc', 1)
 
 __version__ = get_version(VERSION)
Updated version to <I>.rc1 :D