diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e587dd4eaa..0eb1a018c5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ project(dfhack)
 
 # set up versioning.
 set(DF_VERSION "50.11")
-set(DFHACK_RELEASE "r5rc1")
+set(DFHACK_RELEASE "r5rc2")
 set(DFHACK_PRERELEASE TRUE)
 
 set(DFHACK_VERSION "${DF_VERSION}-${DFHACK_RELEASE}")