diff --git a/apache2/msc_release.h b/apache2/msc_release.h
index b99585fc..b2dbc9aa 100644
--- a/apache2/msc_release.h
+++ b/apache2/msc_release.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #define MODSEC_VERSION_MINOR       "7"
 #define MODSEC_VERSION_MAINT       "0"
 #define MODSEC_VERSION_TYPE        "-rc"
-#define MODSEC_VERSION_RELEASE     "1"
+#define MODSEC_VERSION_RELEASE     "2"
 
 #define MODSEC_VERSION_SUFFIX MODSEC_VERSION_TYPE MODSEC_VERSION_RELEASE