diff --git a/tensorflow/core/public/version.h b/tensorflow/core/public/version.h
index feeaec99e3f..63c18c37da1 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/public/version.h
+++ b/tensorflow/core/public/version.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 // TF_VERSION_SUFFIX is non-empty for pre-releases (e.g. "-alpha", "-alpha.1",
 // "-beta", "-rc", "-rc.1")
-#define TF_VERSION_SUFFIX "-rc1"
+#define TF_VERSION_SUFFIX "-rc2"
 
 #define TF_STR_HELPER(x) #x
 #define TF_STR(x) TF_STR_HELPER(x)
diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py b/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
index 0097ffc5c9b..1b5ff55e614 100644
--- a/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
+++ b/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/setup.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ DOCLINES = __doc__.split('\n')
 # result for pip.
 # Also update tensorflow/tensorflow.bzl and
 # tensorflow/core/public/version.h
-_VERSION = '2.1.0-rc1'
+_VERSION = '2.1.0-rc2'
 
 REQUIRED_PACKAGES = [
     'absl-py >= 0.7.0',