diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 2fb3a1841fe629994f0470605f624141858875d7..abe90f74e08b21160b50a4cfe27c848fac942ff7 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.0-beta2
+0.2.0-rc1