diff --git a/src/opera/_package.py b/src/opera/_package.py
index dfe36ea1..27f9134e 100644
--- a/src/opera/_package.py
+++ b/src/opera/_package.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 Package information for the OPERA PGE repository.
 """
 
-__version__ = "2.0.0-er.5.0"
+__version__ = "2.0.0-rc.1.0"
 __title__ = "opera-sds-pge"
 __summary__ = "OPERA SDS Product Generation Executable (PGE) Repository"
 __uri__ = "https://github.com/nasa/opera-sds-pge"