diff --git a/mimeparse.py b/mimeparse.py
index 84f069d..652b0e7 100644
--- a/mimeparse.py
+++ b/mimeparse.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '2.0.0a1'
+__version__ = '2.0.0rc1'
 __author__ = 'Joe Gregorio'
 __email__ = 'joe@bitworking.org'
 __license__ = 'MIT License'