diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a65d1fe01f..0892cddc27 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 dnl Process with autoconf to generate configure script   -*- sh -*-
 
-AC_INIT(LyX,2.0.0svn,[lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org],[lyx])
+AC_INIT(LyX,2.0.0rc2,[lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org],[lyx])
 # Use ISO format only. The frontend needs to parse this
-AC_SUBST(LYX_DATE, ["2011-03-07"])
+AC_SUBST(LYX_DATE, ["2011-03-29"])
 AC_PREREQ(2.52)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/main.cpp)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])