diff --git a/lib/sqlite3/version.rb b/lib/sqlite3/version.rb
index d7a821fe..c2b52a1e 100644
--- a/lib/sqlite3/version.rb
+++ b/lib/sqlite3/version.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 module SQLite3
 
-  VERSION = "1.5.0.rc1"
+  VERSION = "1.5.0.rc2"
 
   module VersionProxy
 
     MAJOR = 1
     MINOR = 5
     TINY  = 0
-    BUILD = "rc1"
+    BUILD = "rc2"
 
     STRING = [ MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, BUILD ].compact.join( "." )
     #:beta-tag: