diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 624e2b7c53f..7f3ab4e75d5 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 # Version number typically updated by running `invoke set-version <version>`.
 # Run `invoke --help set-version` or see tasks.py for details.
-VERSION = '7.0rc2.dev1'
+VERSION = '7.0rc2'
 with open(join(dirname(abspath(__file__)), 'README.rst')) as f:
     LONG_DESCRIPTION = f.read()
     base_url = 'https://github.com/robotframework/robotframework/blob/master'
diff --git a/src/robot/version.py b/src/robot/version.py
index 1bcafad6e87..3f88cc80b65 100644
--- a/src/robot/version.py
+++ b/src/robot/version.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 # Version number typically updated by running `invoke set-version <version>`.
 # Run `invoke --help set-version` or see tasks.py for details.
-VERSION = '7.0rc2.dev1'
+VERSION = '7.0rc2'
 
 
 def get_version(naked=False):