diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ffbdb87..2f48471 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <!-- do not use snapshot suffix here -->
     <commons.release.version>1.4</commons.release.version>
     <commons.bc.version>1.3</commons.bc.version>
-    <commons.rc.version>RC1</commons.rc.version>
+    <commons.rc.version>RC2</commons.rc.version>
     <commons.release.desc>(requires Java 8+)</commons.release.desc>
     <commons.binary.suffix>-bin</commons.binary.suffix>