diff --git a/openbb_platform/core/pyproject.toml b/openbb_platform/core/pyproject.toml
index 19b44631ae2..e5868444fe8 100644
--- a/openbb_platform/core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/openbb_platform/core/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "openbb-core"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.0.0rc1"
 description = "OpenBB package with core functionality."
 authors = [{ name = "OpenBB Team", email = "hello@openbb.co" }]
 license = { text = "Apache-2.0" }