diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index eacb32f..dc838a4 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ This can happen and is most likely going to be a result of your stylesheet conta
 <dependency>
     <groupId>org.smooks.cartridges</groupId>
     <artifactId>smooks-templating-cartridge</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-RC1</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
 </dependency>
 ----
 // end::smooks-templating-cartridge[]
@@ -252,4 +252,4 @@ This can happen and is most likely going to be a result of your stylesheet conta
 
 Smooks Templating Cartridge is open source and licensed under the terms of the Apache License Version 2.0, or the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3.0 or later. You may use Smooks Templating Cartridge according to either of these licenses as is most appropriate for your project.
 
-`+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR LGPL-3.0-or-later+`
\ No newline at end of file
+`+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR LGPL-3.0-or-later+`
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6549739..f2ace37 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.smooks.cartridges</groupId>
     <artifactId>smooks-templating-cartridge</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
 
     <name>Smooks Templating Cartridge</name>
     <url>https://www.smooks.org</url>
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.smooks</groupId>
             <artifactId>smooks-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.0-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.smooks.cartridges</groupId>
             <artifactId>smooks-javabean-cartridge</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.0-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>2.0.0-RC2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>