diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2a0ae50a3af802ea114c03f55398e66b8ed2f80e..c6478de3bc41f6f1cd3018e17c490a747de03179 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT([ethercat],[1.2.0-rc1],[fp@igh-essen.com])
+AC_INIT([ethercat],[1.2.0-rc2],[fp@igh-essen.com])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([autoconf])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror dist-bzip2])
 AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT([/opt/etherlab])