diff --git a/jupyterlab_server/_version.py b/jupyterlab_server/_version.py
index c843a70d..dd43d0d5 100644
--- a/jupyterlab_server/_version.py
+++ b/jupyterlab_server/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version_info = (2, 0, 0, 'rc', 0)
+version_info = (2, 0, 0, 'rc', 1)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_info[:3])) + ''.join(map(str, version_info[3:]))