diff --git a/releases/v2.0.0-beta.toml b/releases/v2.0.0-rc.toml
similarity index 94%
rename from releases/v2.0.0-beta.toml
rename to releases/v2.0.0-rc.toml
index 7f963e845..e9b0e183d 100644
--- a/releases/v2.0.0-beta.toml
+++ b/releases/v2.0.0-rc.toml
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ See also the [Getting Started](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/mai
 override_deps."github.com/containerd/log".previous = "cf9777876edf6a4aa230c739bc7eec5ab8349e9c"
 override_deps."github.com/containerd/plugin".previous = "497c49344a4b9894a7e26497420cb7fa817facba"
 override_deps."github.com/containerd/platforms".previous = "f18f3c661f7de73d5569f61ff72d98dae1c1700a"
-override_deps."github.com/containerd/errdefs".previous = "f18f3c661f7de73d5569f61ff72d98dae1c1700a"
+override_deps."github.com/containerd/errdefs".previous = "e0d1732a5c38bb3b899832b4e66e7bbb2216559f"
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 6ee2bfe3c..573bf5ac7 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var (
 	Package = "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2"
 
 	// Version holds the complete version number. Filled in at linking time.
-	Version = "2.0.0-beta.2+unknown"
+	Version = "2.0.0-rc.0+unknown"
 
 	// Revision is filled with the VCS (e.g. git) revision being used to build
 	// the program at linking time.