diff --git a/application.properties b/application.properties
index f353121c9b..2d4f727fb8 100644
--- a/application.properties
+++ b/application.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 app.grails.version=2.5.5
 app.name=apollo
 app.servlet.version=3.0
-app.version=2.4.0
+app.version=2.4.0-RC2