diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/config/Config.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/config/Config.scala
index 8dbca225e8..07dce6f3c5 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/config/Config.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/config/Config.scala
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class ModuleNotAvailableException(message: String) extends AkkaException(message
  * @author <a href="http://jonasboner.com">Jonas Bon&#233;r</a>
  */
 object Config extends Logging {
-  val VERSION = "1.0-RC1"
+  val VERSION = "1.0-RC2-SNAPSHOT"
 
   val HOME = {
     val envHome = System.getenv("AKKA_HOME") match {
diff --git a/akka-sbt-plugin/project/build.properties b/akka-sbt-plugin/project/build.properties
index 57b59e8953..97c3cd54ad 100644
--- a/akka-sbt-plugin/project/build.properties
+++ b/akka-sbt-plugin/project/build.properties
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ project.name=Akka SBT Plugin
 # need full domain name for publishing to scala-tools
 project.organization=se.scalablesolutions.akka
 # mirrors akka version
-project.version=1.0-RC1
+project.version=1.0-RC2-SNAPSHOT
 sbt.version=0.7.4
 build.scala.versions=2.7.7
diff --git a/akka-sbt-plugin/src/main/scala/AkkaProject.scala b/akka-sbt-plugin/src/main/scala/AkkaProject.scala
index d4761d0c91..f9ae176721 100644
--- a/akka-sbt-plugin/src/main/scala/AkkaProject.scala
+++ b/akka-sbt-plugin/src/main/scala/AkkaProject.scala
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ trait AkkaBaseProject extends BasicScalaProject {
 }
 
 trait AkkaProject extends AkkaBaseProject {
-  val akkaVersion = "1.0-RC1"
+  val akkaVersion = "1.0-RC2-SNAPSHOT"
 
   // convenience method
   def akkaModule(module: String) = "se.scalablesolutions.akka" % ("akka-" + module) % akkaVersion
diff --git a/config/akka-reference.conf b/config/akka-reference.conf
index 29a93dc6b6..b84e7409ae 100644
--- a/config/akka-reference.conf
+++ b/config/akka-reference.conf
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Modify as needed.
 
 akka {
-  version = "1.0-RC1" # Akka version, checked against the runtime version of Akka.
+  version = "1.0-RC2-SNAPSHOT" # Akka version, checked against the runtime version of Akka.
 
   enabled-modules = []     # Comma separated list of the enabled modules. Options: ["remote", "camel", "http"]
 
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index 46c6e64d96..eba6b97977 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 project.organization=se.scalablesolutions.akka
 project.name=akka
 sbt.version=0.7.5.RC0
-project.version=1.0-RC1
+project.version=1.0-RC2-SNAPSHOT
 def.scala.version=2.7.7
 build.scala.versions=2.8.1
diff --git a/scripts/run_akka.sh b/scripts/run_akka.sh
index eec8953ce9..c49106ea9b 100755
--- a/scripts/run_akka.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_akka.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 cd $AKKA_HOME
-VERSION=1.0-RC1
+VERSION=1.0-RC2-SNAPSHOT
 TARGET_DIR=dist/$VERSION/$1
 shift 1
 VMARGS=$@