diff --git a/HYDRA_VERSION b/HYDRA_VERSION
index 275283a18..7c63eae46 100644
--- a/HYDRA_VERSION
+++ b/HYDRA_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-11.0.0
+11.0.0.rc2
diff --git a/hydra-core/lib/hydra-head/version.rb b/hydra-core/lib/hydra-head/version.rb
index 23d3491c2..db0991455 100644
--- a/hydra-core/lib/hydra-head/version.rb
+++ b/hydra-core/lib/hydra-head/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module HydraHead
-  VERSION = "10.7.0"
+  VERSION = "11.0.0.rc2"
 end