diff --git a/docs/en/notes/changelog.md b/docs/en/notes/changelog.md
index 65b55eca1..349cd7555 100644
--- a/docs/en/notes/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/en/notes/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog of v1.x
 
+## v1.0.0rc2 (14/10/2022)
+
+This release relaxes the version requirement of `MMEngine` to `>=0.1.0, < 1.0.0`.
+
 ## v1.0.0rc1 (9/10/2022)
 
 ### Highlights
diff --git a/mmocr/version.py b/mmocr/version.py
index 6dd1ae051..5a21ba5a4 100644
--- a/mmocr/version.py
+++ b/mmocr/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Copyright (c) Open-MMLab. All rights reserved.
 
-__version__ = '1.0.0rc1'
+__version__ = '1.0.0rc2'
 short_version = __version__