diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 1f1d11fdd..151d4376c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This is the master changelog for Elite Dangerous Market Connector.  Entries are
       in the source (not distributed with the Windows installer) for the
       currently used version.
 ---
-Pre-Release 5.12.1-rc1
+Pre-Release 5.12.1-rc2
 ===
 
 This is a release candidate for 5.12.1. It has been pushed to the "Beta" track for updates!
diff --git a/config/__init__.py b/config/__init__.py
index 798979845..d9ff3b796 100644
--- a/config/__init__.py
+++ b/config/__init__.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 # <https://semver.org/#semantic-versioning-specification-semver>
 # Major.Minor.Patch(-prerelease)(+buildmetadata)
 # NB: Do *not* import this, use the functions appversion() and appversion_nobuild()
-_static_appversion = '5.12.1-beta1'
+_static_appversion = '5.12.1-rc2'
 _cached_version: semantic_version.Version | None = None
 copyright = '© 2015-2019 Jonathan Harris, 2020-2024 EDCD'