diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6ede8a44..321ff83a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4370,7 +4370,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "policy-server"
-version = "1.21.0-rc1"
+version = "1.21.0-rc2"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum 0.8.2",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6a6bd9f1..d6678fe5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "policy-server"
-version = "1.21.0-rc1"
+version = "1.21.0-rc2"
 authors = [
   "Kubewarden Developers <kubewarden@suse.de>",
   "Flavio Castelli <fcastelli@suse.com>",