diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 0704ecb6f78258fbb44759f63ac1a031f3e1eebb..3fc60773317e90e4490e55ee7ead37f25cef4f9f 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ package version
 const TENDERMINT_VERSION = "0.5.0"
 // IMPORTANT: Eris-DB version must be on the last line of this file for
 // the deployment script DOCKER/build.sh to pick up the right label.
-const VERSION = "0.12.0"
+const VERSION = "0.12.0-rc2"