diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2358509668208863ffbd3decfb06ce7c31f8a11e..bf4f5a7b540104709a901ec5b6d637283ba457be 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.64)
-AC_INIT([openocd], [0.8.0-rc1-dev],
+AC_INIT([openocd], [0.8.0-rc2],
   [OpenOCD Mailing List <openocd-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/openocd.c])