VERSION | 2 +-

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 674242a0920e63b7c1ac7790d4974551bf0678e3..4fded12b735b934cc50548665f59a72f52061421 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-go1.8rc1
\ No newline at end of file
+go1.8rc2
\ No newline at end of file