diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 744b3f8..d24cc18 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     <commons.release.next>1.8.1</commons.release.next>
     <commons.release.name>commons-cli-${commons.release.version}</commons.release.name>
     <commons.release.isDistModule>true</commons.release.isDistModule>
-    <commons.rc.version>RC1</commons.rc.version>
+    <commons.rc.version>RC2</commons.rc.version>
     <commons.bc.version>1.7.0</commons.bc.version>
     <commons.osgi.symbolicName>org.apache.commons.cli</commons.osgi.symbolicName>
     <commons.jira.id>CLI</commons.jira.id>