diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index d1a18ea2..f56ea579 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Hamcrest Changes
 
+## Version 2.1-rc2 (27th November 2018)
+
+* Publish pom-only artifacts for hamcrest-core and hamcrest-library.
+
 ## Version 2.1-rc1 (25th November 2018)
 
 ### Overview for 2.1-rc1
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9d455541..1a1b0a80 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apply plugin: 'osgi'
 apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
 
 group = "org.hamcrest"
-version = "2.1-SNAPSHOT"
+version = "2.1-rc2"
 
 subprojects {
     apply plugin: 'java-library'