diff --git a/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml
index 2015d210e2228..28e269a67b828 100644
--- a/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ kind: Kustomization
 images:
 - name: quay.io/argoproj/argocd
   newName: quay.io/argoproj/argocd
-  newTag: v2.0.0-rc1
+  newTag: v2.0.0-rc2
 resources:
 - ./application-controller
 - ./dex
diff --git a/manifests/ha/base/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/ha/base/kustomization.yaml
index 2577c239f14db..b8cc46bbcba15 100644
--- a/manifests/ha/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/ha/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ patchesStrategicMerge:
 images:
 - name: quay.io/argoproj/argocd
   newName: quay.io/argoproj/argocd
-  newTag: v2.0.0-rc1
+  newTag: v2.0.0-rc2
 resources:
 - ../../base/application-controller
 - ../../base/dex
diff --git a/manifests/ha/install.yaml b/manifests/ha/install.yaml
index f256db8d9e213..7022109d76dce 100644
--- a/manifests/ha/install.yaml
+++ b/manifests/ha/install.yaml
@@ -3176,7 +3176,7 @@ spec:
         - -n
         - /usr/local/bin/argocd
         - /shared/argocd-dex
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc1
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc2
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: copyutil
         volumeMounts:
@@ -3310,7 +3310,7 @@ spec:
         - argocd-repo-server
         - --redis
         - argocd-redis-ha-haproxy:6379
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc1
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc2
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
@@ -3411,7 +3411,7 @@ spec:
         env:
         - name: ARGOCD_API_SERVER_REPLICAS
           value: "2"
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc1
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc2
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
@@ -3506,7 +3506,7 @@ spec:
         - "10"
         - --redis
         - argocd-redis-ha-haproxy:6379
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc1
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc2
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
diff --git a/manifests/ha/namespace-install.yaml b/manifests/ha/namespace-install.yaml
index e895f8ed2f39b..a175b88f5214a 100644
--- a/manifests/ha/namespace-install.yaml
+++ b/manifests/ha/namespace-install.yaml
@@ -3091,7 +3091,7 @@ spec:
         - -n
         - /usr/local/bin/argocd
         - /shared/argocd-dex
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc1
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc2
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: copyutil
         volumeMounts:
@@ -3225,7 +3225,7 @@ spec:
         - argocd-repo-server
         - --redis
         - argocd-redis-ha-haproxy:6379
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc1
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc2
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
@@ -3326,7 +3326,7 @@ spec:
         env:
         - name: ARGOCD_API_SERVER_REPLICAS
           value: "2"
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc1
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc2
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
@@ -3421,7 +3421,7 @@ spec:
         - "10"
         - --redis
         - argocd-redis-ha-haproxy:6379
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc1
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc2
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
diff --git a/manifests/install.yaml b/manifests/install.yaml
index 95a561f08a260..c7eb5ee7b8e2f 100644
--- a/manifests/install.yaml
+++ b/manifests/install.yaml
@@ -2544,7 +2544,7 @@ spec:
         - -n
         - /usr/local/bin/argocd
         - /shared/argocd-dex
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc1
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc2
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: copyutil
         volumeMounts:
@@ -2644,7 +2644,7 @@ spec:
         - argocd-repo-server
         - --redis
         - argocd-redis:6379
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc1
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc2
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
@@ -2740,7 +2740,7 @@ spec:
         - argocd-server
         - --staticassets
         - /shared/app
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc1
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc2
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
@@ -2833,7 +2833,7 @@ spec:
         - "20"
         - --operation-processors
         - "10"
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc1
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc2
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
diff --git a/manifests/namespace-install.yaml b/manifests/namespace-install.yaml
index 9a6d65a555fb6..b177bfc236bcd 100644
--- a/manifests/namespace-install.yaml
+++ b/manifests/namespace-install.yaml
@@ -2459,7 +2459,7 @@ spec:
         - -n
         - /usr/local/bin/argocd
         - /shared/argocd-dex
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc1
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc2
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: copyutil
         volumeMounts:
@@ -2559,7 +2559,7 @@ spec:
         - argocd-repo-server
         - --redis
         - argocd-redis:6379
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc1
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc2
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
@@ -2655,7 +2655,7 @@ spec:
         - argocd-server
         - --staticassets
         - /shared/app
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc1
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc2
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
@@ -2748,7 +2748,7 @@ spec:
         - "20"
         - --operation-processors
         - "10"
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc1
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.0.0-rc2
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet: