diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 6051425..4c7b1a3 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
   <property name="component.title"         value="Logging Wrapper Library"/>
 
   <!-- The current version number of this component -->
-  <property name="component.version"       value="1.1"/>
+  <property name="component.version"       value="1.1-RC2"/>
 
   <!-- The base directory for compilation targets -->
   <property name="build.home"              value="${basedir}/target"/>
diff --git a/project.xml b/project.xml
index 738a951..a4d9d6b 100644
--- a/project.xml
+++ b/project.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <name>Logging</name>
   <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
   <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-  <currentVersion>1.1</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.1-RC2</currentVersion>
   <inceptionYear>2001</inceptionYear>
   <shortDescription>Commons Logging</shortDescription>
   <description>