diff --git a/mesonbuild/coredata.py b/mesonbuild/coredata.py
index 04f0b0d32..05cd7e4db 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/coredata.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/coredata.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ if T.TYPE_CHECKING:
 #
 # Pip requires that RCs are named like this: '0.1.0.rc1'
 # But the corresponding Git tag needs to be '0.1.0rc1'
-version = '0.63.0.rc1'
+version = '0.63.0.rc2'
 
 backendlist = ['ninja', 'vs', 'vs2010', 'vs2012', 'vs2013', 'vs2015', 'vs2017', 'vs2019', 'vs2022', 'xcode']