diff --git a/aegir.make b/aegir.make
index f0a70a35c3340686825ea3d353bd8a01581badf0..75bf3324a01afb1e3dfd0e898607a7633f035c06 100644
--- a/aegir.make
+++ b/aegir.make
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ projects[drupal][type] = "core"
 projects[hostmaster][type] = "profile"
 projects[hostmaster][download][type] = "git"
 projects[hostmaster][download][url] = "http://git.drupal.org/project/hostmaster.git"
-projects[hostmaster][download][branch] = "6.x-2.x"
+projects[hostmaster][download][tag] = "6.x-2.0-rc1"
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 63686f595e46bf26099221cc3fa593241f998b6a..a4a49b2e96b9c64f544908d02bdb0e98e9064138 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+aegir-provision2 (2.0~rc1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * This release mainly targets a few critical bugs that were found in the
+    second beta, mostly related to ongoing Views and Drush integration and
+    access control. We also introduce a number of new features and finally
+    drop support for provisionning Drupal 5 sites completely.
+  * We've added some long-standing UI enhancements, and fixed a number of
+    bugs in the views integration and other usability problems, as well as
+    overhauling our access control.
+  * Full release notes at http://community.aegirproject.org/2.0-rc1
+
+ -- Christopher Gervais <chris@ergonlogic.com>  Fri, 19 Jul 2013 14:41:19 -0400
+
 aegir-provision2 (2.0~beta2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * This release mainly targets a few critical bugs that were found in the
diff --git a/provision.info b/provision.info
index a956a2991cc99d8663849f612cc79b4249a81200..d168d817eb1d5eeea33cd86ecc4fe5252da19b94 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-rc1
diff --git a/upgrade.sh.txt b/upgrade.sh.txt
index 6bd90360516801e5ad47257dee36cdb8933d352c..752ea3198ac0c431b57d2975d2a57fa189bbbb0c 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-rc1"
 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