diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d8296d76556..055b450b61a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ included in the vX.Y.Z section and be denoted as:
    (** also appeared: A.B.C)  -- indicating that this item was previously
                                  included in release version vA.B.C.
 
-3.1.4 -- March, 2019
+3.1.4 -- April, 2019
 --------------------
 
 - Fix compile error when configured with --enable-mpi-java and
diff --git a/README b/README
index b9f700ae453..59d0a6c9d6c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Much, much more information is also available in the Open MPI FAQ:
 ===========================================================================
 
 The following abbreviated list of release notes applies to this code
-base as of this writing (March 2019):
+base as of this writing (April 2019):
 
 General notes
 -------------
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 2b3c47a50d2..583f2b5c2a1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ release=4
 # requirement is that it must be entirely printable ASCII characters
 # and have no white space.
 
-greek=rc1
+greek=rc2
 
 # If repo_rev is empty, then the repository version number will be
 # obtained during "make dist" via the "git describe --tags --always"