diff --git a/META b/META
index a14ad0259e359e763cd1fee5d9eeb861f5a5cec4..99f6ce0b19c33797b5739a41445b7dfb93eaa33e 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   Minor:	05
   Micro:	0
   Version:	16.05.0
-  Release:	0rc1
+  Release:	0rc2
 # Include leading zero for all pre-releases
 
 ##