diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index b54e0415998e65a659fc260984dc60e63e081a47..02fe7a1e7e5a56aa38960ad0f7fa7bc0f1aa697f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.2-beta2
+0.2.2-rc1