diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 46b5f2d9ac..1b95d05b30 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2021-10-29 - V5.0.0-rc1
+2021-11-14 - V5.0.0-rc2
   * Faster training and recognition by default (float instead of
     double calculations)
   * More options for binarization
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     from public API
   * pdf.ttf no longer needed, now integrated into the code
   * Faster flat build with automake
+  * New options for combine_tessdata to show details of traineddata files
   * Improved unit tests and fuzzing tests
   * Lots of bug fixes
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 488694f5b0..d2d0579f03 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.0.0-rc1
+5.0.0-rc2
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1ca84fe7bc..b9a5cb773e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects nostdinc])
 # Define date of package, etc. Could be useful in auto-generated
 # documentation.
 PACKAGE_YEAR=2021
-PACKAGE_DATE="10/29"
+PACKAGE_DATE="11/14"
 
 abs_top_srcdir=`AS_DIRNAME([$0])`