diff --git a/Marlin/Marlin.pde b/Marlin/Marlin.pde
index 0cce611c7..93c3a7185 100644
--- a/Marlin/Marlin.pde
+++ b/Marlin/Marlin.pde
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #include "EEPROMwrite.h"
 #include "language.h"
 
-#define VERSION_STRING  "1.0.0 RC1"
+#define VERSION_STRING  "1.0.0 RC2"
 
 // look here for descriptions of gcodes: http://linuxcnc.org/handbook/gcode/g-code.html
 // http://objects.reprap.org/wiki/Mendel_User_Manual:_RepRapGCodes
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f04764c9..19bb20128 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 WARNING: 
 --------
-THIS IS RELEASE CANDIDATE 1 FOR MARLIN 1.0.0
+THIS IS RELEASE CANDIDATE 2 FOR MARLIN 1.0.0
 
 The configuration is now split in two files
 Configuration.h for the normal settings