diff --git a/bin/version b/bin/version
index 7c25551d0c2dd1bb1a5f2b5ca8b023a7b805e02c..ab165a0cf1a36c68618b5e02018b8b90a362e179 100755
--- a/bin/version
+++ b/bin/version
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-VERSION="v0.35.0-rc1"
+VERSION="v0.35.0-rc2"
 
 # dynamically pull more interesting stuff from latest git commit
 HASH=$(git show-ref --head --hash=7 head)            # first 7 letters of hash should be enough; that's what GitHub uses