diff --git a/META b/META
index 28853584946970786d1628c953ed4dba2a39c2c0..105fd3dcfc6cb1cbd5c1068ebbd5e9ef469921b3 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   Minor:	2
   Micro:        0
   Version:	2.2.0
-  Release:	0.pre12
+  Release:	0.rc1
 ##
 #  When changing API_CURRENT update src/common/slurm_protocol_common.h
 #  with a new SLURM_PROTOCOL_VERSION signifing the old one and the version