diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e56c1db2..c729fd5e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.57)
-AC_INIT([fabtests], [1.3.0rc1], [ofiwg@lists.openfabrics.org])
+AC_INIT([fabtests], [1.3.0rc2], [ofiwg@lists.openfabrics.org])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR(config)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)