diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4c9fa12a3371..468537e77362 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
-        <graylog2.version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</graylog2.version>
+        <graylog2.version>1.2.0-rc.5-SNAPSHOT</graylog2.version>
         <graylog2.plugin-dir>/usr/share/graylog-server/plugin</graylog2.plugin-dir>
     </properties>