diff --git a/gramps/configure.in b/gramps/configure.in
index 015ff1c8f..be3f3cb74 100644
--- a/gramps/configure.in
+++ b/gramps/configure.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 dnl May need to run automake && aclocal first
 AC_INIT(src/gramps.py)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(gramps, 0.8.0)
-RELEASE=rc1
+RELEASE=rc2
 
 VERSIONSTRING=$VERSION
 if test x"$RELEASE" != "x"