diff --git a/litdata/__about__.py b/litdata/__about__.py
index 6307cb19..e1c19f1d 100644
--- a/litdata/__about__.py
+++ b/litdata/__about__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import time
 
-__version__ = "0.2.0.dev"
+__version__ = "0.2.0.rc"
 __author__ = "Lightning AI et al."
 __author_email__ = "pytorch@lightning.ai"
 __license__ = "Apache-2.0"