diff --git a/protocols/rest/api/pom.xml b/protocols/rest/api/pom.xml
index 6e50a4e..1ef0337 100644
--- a/protocols/rest/api/pom.xml
+++ b/protocols/rest/api/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>onos-restsb</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
-        <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.5.0-rc2</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>