diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender_version.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender_version.h
index 6dceeef53120aa577d6930d54dced38f44ec32a8..3285d45a291cde301b13172ff43ae9400dd73548 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender_version.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender_version.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ extern "C" {
 /* Blender patch version for bugfix releases. */
 #define BLENDER_VERSION_PATCH 2
 /** Blender release cycle stage: alpha/beta/rc/release. */
-#define BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE rc
+#define BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE release
 
 /* Blender file format version. */
 #define BLENDER_FILE_VERSION BLENDER_VERSION