diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 841812571d7..2dfb30ff2d3 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SageMath version 8.0.rc1, Release Date: 2017-07-05
+SageMath version 8.0.rc2, Release Date: 2017-07-14
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
index fda1e495384..089d2b00d31 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 tarball=configure-VERSION.tar.gz
-sha1=29325bd617e50f4d0052015b11def31bc615fe10
-md5=01d4d5708dd2f94152865fa02f24bda9
-cksum=799926097
+sha1=6f17ab27f290113f401f8eaf69dd1a5dd546b899
+md5=e101e8eb91e049cad1edbff6799522c6
+cksum=2047870040
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
index 9be0dc9a9e6..bf18240ed4b 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-228
+229
diff --git a/src/bin/sage-banner b/src/bin/sage-banner
index ea36262d87f..66c565ed833 100644
--- a/src/bin/sage-banner
+++ b/src/bin/sage-banner
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
-│ SageMath version 8.0.rc1, Release Date: 2017-07-05                 │
+│ SageMath version 8.0.rc2, Release Date: 2017-07-14                 │
 │ Type "notebook()" for the browser-based notebook interface.        │
 │ Type "help()" for help.                                            │
 └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
diff --git a/src/bin/sage-version.sh b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
index 15f9950b040..20d0fd3d389 100644
--- a/src/bin/sage-version.sh
+++ b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Sage version information for shell scripts
 # This file is auto-generated by the sage-update-version script, do not edit!
-SAGE_VERSION='8.0.rc1'
-SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2017-07-05'
+SAGE_VERSION='8.0.rc2'
+SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2017-07-14'
diff --git a/src/sage/version.py b/src/sage/version.py
index 29ac02470e0..f84fe949277 100644
--- a/src/sage/version.py
+++ b/src/sage/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Sage version information for Python scripts
 # This file is auto-generated by the sage-update-version script, do not edit!
-version = '8.0.rc1'
-date = '2017-07-05'
+version = '8.0.rc2'
+date = '2017-07-14'