diff --git a/node/Cargo.toml b/node/Cargo.toml
index 57fe55a7a..b46338047 100644
--- a/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "witnet_node"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.0.0-rc0"
 authors = ["Witnet Foundation <info@witnet.foundation>"]
 workspace = ".."
 description = "node component"