diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9426dd13dd2d6a96cebb2d7a2e256958dd30f528..fea496f5735d951ce10208aae06d815e8d9f5542 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2009-05-19 14:15
+	* RC2: release
+
 2009-05-19 12:30
 	* : Use GError in the get brightness method.
 
diff --git a/configure.ac.in b/configure.ac.in
index 4cb5ceb5fc2585d59e47a160d66d450e65e6b5c1..88df076a923b932e4a5ea41281cfe97916ab7bef 100644
--- a/configure.ac.in
+++ b/configure.ac.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ m4_define([xfpm_version_major],  [0])
 m4_define([xfpm_version_minor],  [8])
 m4_define([xfpm_version_micro],  [0])
 m4_define([xfpm_version_build],  [])
-m4_define([xfpm_version_tag],[r@REVISION@])
+m4_define([xfpm_version_tag],[RC2])
 m4_define([xfpm_version], [xfpm_version_major().xfpm_version_minor().xfpm_version_micro()ifelse(xfpm_version_tag(), [svn], [xfpm_version_tag().xfpm_version_build()], [xfpm_version_tag()])])
 
 AC_INIT([xfce4-power-manager], [xfpm_version], [http://bugzilla.xfce.org/])