diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1b42abadb..67762ecad 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "netavark"
-version = "1.0.0-dev"
+version = "1.0.0-rc2"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "chrono",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5d78f2860..67d7218f0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "netavark"
-version = "1.0.0-dev"
+version = "1.0.0-rc2"
 edition = "2018"
 authors = ["github.com/containers"]
 description = "A container network stack"