diff --git a/Client/setup.py b/Client/setup.py
index d1eeacde1..7a27bcf70 100644
--- a/Client/setup.py
+++ b/Client/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def bash_completion_dir():
 
 setup(
     name='beaker-client',
-    version='29.0rc1',
+    version='29.0rc2',
     description='Command-line client for interacting with Beaker',
     author='Red Hat, Inc.',
     author_email='beaker-devel@lists.fedorahosted.org',
diff --git a/Common/bkr/common/__init__.py b/Common/bkr/common/__init__.py
index 5f5c060c2..3ecfbd1bb 100644
--- a/Common/bkr/common/__init__.py
+++ b/Common/bkr/common/__init__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # code in bkr.__init__), the version details are retrieved from here in
 # order to correctly handle module shadowing on sys.path
 
-__version__ = '29.0rc1'
+__version__ = '29.0rc2'
diff --git a/Common/setup.py b/Common/setup.py
index 7cdf3a49e..bc446bbc2 100644
--- a/Common/setup.py
+++ b/Common/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='beaker-common',
-    version='29.0rc1',
+    version='29.0rc2',
     description='Common components for Beaker packages',
     author='Red Hat, Inc.',
     author_email='beaker-devel@lists.fedorahosted.org',
diff --git a/IntegrationTests/setup.py b/IntegrationTests/setup.py
index 7e503c253..fccf5b086 100644
--- a/IntegrationTests/setup.py
+++ b/IntegrationTests/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def get_compose_layout():
 
 setup(
     name='beaker-integration-tests',
-    version='29.0rc1',
+    version='29.0rc2',
     description='Integration tests for Beaker',
     author='Red Hat, Inc.',
     author_email='beaker-devel@lists.fedorahosted.org',
diff --git a/LabController/setup.py b/LabController/setup.py
index b3021c08f..60f646f41 100644
--- a/LabController/setup.py
+++ b/LabController/setup.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def systemd_tmpfiles_dir():
 
 setup(
     name='beaker-lab-controller',
-    version='29.0rc1',
+    version='29.0rc2',
     description='Daemons for controlling a Beaker lab',
     author='Red Hat, Inc.',
     author_email='beaker-devel@lists.fedorahosted.org',
diff --git a/Server/setup.py b/Server/setup.py
index 1c9df274f..8ac94d52e 100644
--- a/Server/setup.py
+++ b/Server/setup.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def find_data_recursive(dest_dir, src_dir, exclude=frozenset()):
 setup(
     name='beaker-server',
     namespace_packages = ['bkr'],
-    version='29.0rc1',
+    version='29.0rc2',
     description='Beaker scheduler and web interface',
     long_description=
         'Beaker is a system for full stack software integration testing '
diff --git a/beaker.spec b/beaker.spec
index 57a344bfe..378d63d12 100644
--- a/beaker.spec
+++ b/beaker.spec
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
 # not representable in RPM. For example, a release candidate might be 0.15.0rc1
 # but that is not usable for the RPM Version because it sorts higher than
 # 0.15.0, so the RPM will have Version 0.15.0 and Release 0.rc1 in that case.
-%global upstream_version 29.0rc1
+%global upstream_version 29.0rc2
 
 Name:           beaker
 Version:        29.0
-Release:        0.rc1%{?dist}
+Release:        0.rc2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Full-stack software and hardware integration testing system
 Group:          Applications/Internet
 License:        GPLv2+ and BSD