diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index f110e2e..2e1f69c 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
  Changelog
 ===========
 
-.. _unreleased:
+.. _v4_0rc2:
 
-Unreleased
-----------
+4.0rc2 (2026-07-04)
+-------------------
 
 Breaking changes:
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4ad1bd9..9d1f041 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "sqlite-utils"
-version = "4.0rc1"
+version = "4.0rc2"
 description = "CLI tool and Python library for manipulating SQLite databases"
 readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
 authors = [