diff --git a/asciidoctor-config.ad b/asciidoctor-config.ad
index a0d83f89..cd81489e 100644
--- a/asciidoctor-config.ad
+++ b/asciidoctor-config.ad
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ifndef::imagesdir[:imagesdir: src/docs/images]
 // Align the version with
 // - ./gradle.properties file
 // - ./src/docs/arc42/chapters/_config.adoc
-:hsc-version: 2.0.0-rc1
+:hsc-version: 2.0.0-rc2
 
 :asciidoc-url: https://asciidoctor.org
 :asciidoctor-gradle-plugin-url: https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor-gradle-plugin
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 7dc1ff9e..2bcab3b6 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # - ./gradle.properties file
 # - ./src/docs/arc42/chapters/_config.adoc
 # tag::version[]
-htmlSanityCheckVersion=2.0.0-rc1
+htmlSanityCheckVersion=2.0.0-rc2
 # end::version[]
 
 group = org.aim42.htmlSanityCheck