diff --git a/sklearn/__init__.py b/sklearn/__init__.py
index 232a0bd354e856595af4ae6393b7e1511f048459..6d2d90a78155d651befcb78802646bdb1b780482 100644
--- a/sklearn/__init__.py
+++ b/sklearn/__init__.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ warnings.filterwarnings('always', category=DeprecationWarning,
 # Dev branch marker is: 'X.Y.dev' or 'X.Y.devN' where N is an integer.
 # 'X.Y.dev0' is the canonical version of 'X.Y.dev'
 #
-__version__ = '0.18rc1'
+__version__ = '0.18rc2'
 
 
 try: