diff --git a/aegir-release.make b/aegir-release.make
index edddaf7c5b93c56e32c5a9df3a90bc14658bbd31..03fe364539614b8c94e87bf287dcc280ef72d5ec 100644
--- a/aegir-release.make
+++ b/aegir-release.make
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ api = 2
 ; it is maintained through the release.sh script
 projects[hostmaster][type] = "core"
 projects[hostmaster][patch][] = "http://drupal.org/files/common.inc_6.28.patch"
-projects[hostmaster][version] = "6.x-2.0-dev"
+projects[hostmaster][version] = "6.x-2.0-rc5"
diff --git a/aegir.make b/aegir.make
index 4292e826d23d7e327e840e629972ce996c3c453a..f6e35b975feae015d21a03f4812e212d0079b010 120000
--- a/aegir.make
+++ b/aegir.make
@@ -1 +1 @@
-aegir-dev.make
\ No newline at end of file
+aegir-release.make
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/provision.info b/provision.info
index a956a2991cc99d8663849f612cc79b4249a81200..75e514464d10cd37823225d81790d1da7570dc3c 100644
--- a/provision.info
+++ b/provision.info
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 name=Provision
 description="Aegir backend"
 
-version=6.x-2.x
+version=6.x-2.0-rc5
diff --git a/upgrade.sh.txt b/upgrade.sh.txt
index 66266bbfad19acde8515fbc0fe8910fb50612ea4..cf71d05c465256d7e4e35509fbeb483196a6d19d 100644
--- a/upgrade.sh.txt
+++ b/upgrade.sh.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ msg() {
 }
 
 # basic variables, change before running
-AEGIR_VERSION="6.x-2.x"
+AEGIR_VERSION="6.x-2.0-rc5"
 DRUSH_DIR=$HOME/drush
 DRUSH=$DRUSH_DIR/drush.php
 if which drush 2> /dev/null > /dev/null && which drush | grep -v 'no drush in' > /dev/null; then