diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 42f1172e9d17f7140b6958ac16da8de0751c966c..186a9197dbabfca2f41f946f72242f14e322d9e0 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.1-rc1
+1.7.1-rc2
diff --git a/arkindex/system_workers.yml b/arkindex/system_workers.yml
index 6117db3576dd3f7e290843269bc7b5899d498a21..4b50def7e94c1b13891c316828b382619037f721 100644
--- a/arkindex/system_workers.yml
+++ b/arkindex/system_workers.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # When releasing Arkindex, check that the Docker images set here are up to date,
 # then update the `version` to the current Arkindex version as set in the `VERSION` file
 # to confirm that the images have been manually checked.
-version: 1.7.1-rc1
+version: 1.7.1-rc2
 
 features:
     file_import: