diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b9b07f7a4..6389a3445 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION 55)
 
 # set to 0 when not a release candidate, non zero means that any generated 
 # svn tags will be treated as release candidates of given number
-SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_RELEASE_CANDIDATE 1)
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_RELEASE_CANDIDATE 2)
 
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_VERSION ${OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION}.${OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION}.${OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION})