diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index fc3c4c8c0e..9bd9d4406a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2.2
+2.2.0-rc2
  * BulkLoader has --transport-factory option but does not use it (CASSANDRA-9675)
  * Allow JMX over SSL directly from nodetool (CASSANDRA-9090)
  * Update cqlsh for UDFs (CASSANDRA-7556)
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 8ca3122c1e..2300ca389f 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <property name="debuglevel" value="source,lines,vars"/>
 
     <!-- default version and SCM information -->
-    <property name="base.version" value="2.2.0-rc1"/>
+    <property name="base.version" value="2.2.0-rc2"/>
     <property name="scm.connection" value="scm:git://git.apache.org/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.developerConnection" value="scm:git://git.apache.org/cassandra.git"/>
     <property name="scm.url" value="http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=tree"/>
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a0262393ed..0940ea9355 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+cassandra (2.2.0~rc2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New RC release
+
+ -- Jake Luciani <jake@jakebook>  Tue, 30 Jun 2015 09:43:38 -0400
+
 cassandra (2.2.0~rc1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New RC release