diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index f42abe4..5abf9e2 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION	1
 #define PY_MICRO_VERSION	0
 #define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL	PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_GAMMA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	1
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	2
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION      	"3.1rc1+"
+#define PY_VERSION      	"3.1rc2"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
index 5a5db53..374ccf5 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/__init__.py
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
 # Updated automatically by the Python release process.
 #
 #--start constants--
-__version__ = "3.1rc1"
+__version__ = "3.1rc2"
 #--end constants--
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index dd3726c..71f5481 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "3.1rc1"
+IDLE_VERSION = "3.1rc2"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 627dcf4..5bfa3d6 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 What's New in Python 3.1 Release Candidate 2?
 =============================================
 
-*Release date: 17-June-2009*
+*Release date: 13-June-2009*
 
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
diff --git a/Misc/RPM/python-3.1.spec b/Misc/RPM/python-3.1.spec
index a13a080..03fd0f6 100644
--- a/Misc/RPM/python-3.1.spec
+++ b/Misc/RPM/python-3.1.spec
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 %define name python
 #--start constants--
-%define version 3.1rc1
+%define version 3.1rc2
 %define libver 3.1
 #--end constants--
 %define release 1pydotorg
diff --git a/README b/README
index 35dc4bd..057949c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is Python version 3.1 Release Candidate 1
+This is Python version 3.1 Release Candidate 2
 ==============================================
 
 Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009