diff --git a/google-http-client-android-test/pom.xml b/google-http-client-android-test/pom.xml
index d5677873a..e9956d8d1 100644
--- a/google-http-client-android-test/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-android-test/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>google-http-client</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-android-test</artifactId>
   <name>Test project for google-http-client-android.</name>
-  <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android-test:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android-test:current} -->
   <packaging>apk</packaging>
 
   <build>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-http-client-android</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
+      <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <artifactId>android</artifactId>
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-http-client-test</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
+      <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/google-http-client-android/pom.xml b/google-http-client-android/pom.xml
index 162ee86b8..0e6b0d164 100644
--- a/google-http-client-android/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-android/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-android</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
   <name>Android Platform Extensions to the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-apache-v2/pom.xml b/google-http-client-apache-v2/pom.xml
index 123553e0d..4b4979b18 100644
--- a/google-http-client-apache-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-apache-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-apache-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-apache-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-apache-v2:current} -->
   <name>Apache HTTP transport v2 for the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-apache-v5/pom.xml b/google-http-client-apache-v5/pom.xml
index 4e2160250..f551f095e 100644
--- a/google-http-client-apache-v5/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-apache-v5/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-apache-v5</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-apache-v5:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-apache-v5:current} -->
   <name>Apache HTTP transport v5 for the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-appengine/pom.xml b/google-http-client-appengine/pom.xml
index e8f23e360..bb35244cf 100644
--- a/google-http-client-appengine/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-appengine/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-appengine</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-appengine:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-appengine:current} -->
   <name>Google App Engine extensions to the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-assembly/pom.xml b/google-http-client-assembly/pom.xml
index 3b58e8e35..51d903185 100644
--- a/google-http-client-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-assembly</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-assembly:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-assembly:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Assembly for the Google HTTP Client Library for Java</name>
 
diff --git a/google-http-client-bom/pom.xml b/google-http-client-bom/pom.xml
index 467a25fc3..12535df13 100644
--- a/google-http-client-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-bom:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-bom:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Google HTTP Client Library for Java BOM</name>
@@ -63,57 +63,57 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-android</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-apache-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-apache-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-apache-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-apache-v5</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-apache-v5:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-apache-v5:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-appengine</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-appengine:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-appengine:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-findbugs</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-findbugs:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-findbugs:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-gson</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-gson:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-gson:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-jackson2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-jackson2:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-jackson2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-protobuf</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-protobuf:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-protobuf:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-test</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-xml</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-xml:current} -->
+        <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-xml:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-http-client-findbugs/pom.xml b/google-http-client-findbugs/pom.xml
index 9bee15b87..573fa7e1b 100644
--- a/google-http-client-findbugs/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-findbugs/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-findbugs</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-findbugs:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-findbugs:current} -->
   <name>Google APIs Client Library Findbugs custom plugin.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-gson/pom.xml b/google-http-client-gson/pom.xml
index 64e12d184..9765be1b0 100644
--- a/google-http-client-gson/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-gson/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-gson</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-gson:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-gson:current} -->
   <name>GSON extensions to the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-jackson2/pom.xml b/google-http-client-jackson2/pom.xml
index 1dd255a61..23093f03f 100644
--- a/google-http-client-jackson2/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-jackson2/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-jackson2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-jackson2:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-jackson2:current} -->
   <name>Jackson 2 extensions to the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-protobuf/pom.xml b/google-http-client-protobuf/pom.xml
index e66d0860a..8c8e5273d 100644
--- a/google-http-client-protobuf/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-protobuf/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-protobuf</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-protobuf:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-protobuf:current} -->
   <name>Protocol Buffer extensions to the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-test/pom.xml b/google-http-client-test/pom.xml
index e80fd4d24..fb14c100e 100644
--- a/google-http-client-test/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-test/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-test</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
   <name>Shared classes used for testing of artifacts in the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-xml/pom.xml b/google-http-client-xml/pom.xml
index 237356753..d4d47acaa 100644
--- a/google-http-client-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-xml/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-xml</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-xml:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-xml:current} -->
   <name>XML extensions to the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client/pom.xml b/google-http-client/pom.xml
index 0ba25b6f7..358e7c0e1 100644
--- a/google-http-client/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client:current} -->
   <name>Google HTTP Client Library for Java</name>
   <description>
     Google HTTP Client Library for Java. Functionality that works on all supported Java platforms,
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index be0ea2254..48e18f78b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+  <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Parent for the Google HTTP Client Library for Java</name>
   <description>Google HTTP Client Library for Java</description>
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@
       - google-api-java-client/google-api-client-assembly/android-properties (make the filenames match the version here)
       - Internally, update the default features.json file
     -->
-    <project.http-client.version>2.1.0-rc1</project.http-client.version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <project.http-client.version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</project.http-client.version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <project.appengine.version>2.0.32</project.appengine.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.jsr305.version>3.0.2</project.jsr305.version>
diff --git a/samples/dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample/pom.xml b/samples/dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample/pom.xml
index 697b38cce..f95ba851f 100644
--- a/samples/dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0-rc1</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample</artifactId>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 76664c0a2..c5084533a 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-http-client:2.1.0-rc1:2.1.0-rc1
-google-http-client-bom:2.1.0-rc1:2.1.0-rc1
-google-http-client-parent:2.1.0-rc1:2.1.0-rc1
-google-http-client-android:2.1.0-rc1:2.1.0-rc1
-google-http-client-android-test:2.1.0-rc1:2.1.0-rc1
-google-http-client-apache-v2:2.1.0-rc1:2.1.0-rc1
-google-http-client-apache-v5:2.1.0-rc1:2.1.0-rc1
-google-http-client-appengine:2.1.0-rc1:2.1.0-rc1
-google-http-client-assembly:2.1.0-rc1:2.1.0-rc1
-google-http-client-findbugs:2.1.0-rc1:2.1.0-rc1
-google-http-client-gson:2.1.0-rc1:2.1.0-rc1
-google-http-client-jackson2:2.1.0-rc1:2.1.0-rc1
-google-http-client-protobuf:2.1.0-rc1:2.1.0-rc1
-google-http-client-test:2.1.0-rc1:2.1.0-rc1
-google-http-client-xml:2.1.0-rc1:2.1.0-rc1
+google-http-client:2.1.0-rc1:2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT
+google-http-client-bom:2.1.0-rc1:2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT
+google-http-client-parent:2.1.0-rc1:2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT
+google-http-client-android:2.1.0-rc1:2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT
+google-http-client-android-test:2.1.0-rc1:2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT
+google-http-client-apache-v2:2.1.0-rc1:2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT
+google-http-client-apache-v5:2.1.0-rc1:2.1.0-rc2-SNAPSHOT
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