diff --git a/src/ripple/protocol/impl/BuildInfo.cpp b/src/ripple/protocol/impl/BuildInfo.cpp
index 90e82a6f24..807352a94d 100644
--- a/src/ripple/protocol/impl/BuildInfo.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/protocol/impl/BuildInfo.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace BuildInfo {
 //  The build version number. You must edit this for each release
 //  and follow the format described at http://semver.org/
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-char const* const versionString = "1.2.0-rc1"
+char const* const versionString = "1.2.0-rc2"
 
 #if defined(DEBUG) || defined(SANITIZER)
        "+"