diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index de199d1dee..17d7e9a66d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-    AC_INIT([suricata],[7.0.0-rc1])
+    AC_INIT([suricata],[7.0.0-rc2-dev])
     m4_ifndef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [m4_define([AM_SILENT_RULES],[])])AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
     AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([src/autoconf.h])
     AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/suricata.c])