diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5a77cc628723956c6e2d30ba8fd0ff274df1d25c..e0645eb76f9ae517f5cfdd8b887ed6cbd9f1867a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.8.0-rc1
+1.8.0-rc2
diff --git a/arkindex/system_workers.yml b/arkindex/system_workers.yml
index 867a9c364633a26ff90c6533dbf0ad7690df66c8..2d20531c41b7d7858d918653e87bc7529950fc12 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: 1.8.0-rc1
+version: 1.8.0-rc2
 
 features:
     file_import: