diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,55 @@
+2014-03-25  4bdda41                  [RELEASE] Release of TYPO3 6.2.0rc2 (TYPO3 Release Team)
+2014-03-25  e636910  #57031          [CLEANUP] Extbase persistence classes (Markus Klein)
+2014-03-25  6bf26d9  #57261          [BUGFIX] Fix warning during extension installation (Helmut Hummel)
+2014-03-25  66f13af  #57260          [BUGFIX] Make extension update work again (Helmut Hummel)
+2014-03-24  9b3f07e  #57254          [BUGFIX] Fix usage of preparedStatement object in $query->statement (Marc Bastian Heinrichs)
+2014-03-24  fac12e2  #57249          [TASK] Add warning in Reports module if content adapter is active (Jigal van Hemert)
+2014-03-24  449c81e  #57130          [BUGFIX] FOLLOWUP Queries with NULL don't work (Felix Oertel)
+2014-03-24  ff162d3  #57104          [BUGFIX] Fix operator "in" for cached queries (Marc Bastian Heinrichs)
+2014-03-24  ab443de  #57209          [TASK] BasicFileUtility::init is not deprecated yet (Ernesto Baschny)
+2014-03-24  d222e93  #52928          [TASK] Make section index from hidden headers work again (Marc Bastian Heinrichs)
+2014-03-24  e34562b  #57247          [BUGFIX] Fix tests according to changes in #57199 (Helmut Hummel)
+2014-03-24  68a0581  #57212          [TASK] Add single view for distributions in EM (Benjamin Mack)
+2014-03-24  5cc88c8  #56526          [TASK] Add Link to wiki page for opcode cache (Alexander Opitz)
+2014-03-24  30aa90f  #57199          [BUGFIX] Fix extension installation process (Helmut Hummel)
+2014-03-24  8326a71  #57130          [BUGFIX] Queries with NULL don't work anymore (Klaas Johan Kooistra)
+2014-03-24  904dfaa  #56993          [BUGFIX] Don't access property if subject is scalar (Helmut Hummel)
+2014-03-24  91187e1  #56632          [TASK] Make show_rechis.php mod.php dispatched (Nicole Cordes)
+2014-03-24  3431afb  #57238          [BUGFIX] Typo in Extbase localization file (Xavier Perseguers)
+2014-03-24  423042f  #56987          [FEATURE] Add complete opcode cache reset (Alexander Opitz)
+2014-03-24  92b74a4  #57176          [TASK] Reduce JavaScript dependency in workspace module (Oliver Hader)
+2014-03-24  9b5ad3e  #55553          [BUGFIX] IRRE bidirectional relation not highlighted (Benjamin Kott)
+2014-03-24  0e20f58  #57183          [BUGFIX] ClassLoader exits early for invalid class names (Helmut Hummel)
+2014-03-24  0681f84                  [BUGFIX] Invalid argument supplied for foreach in ExtensionModelUtility (Philipp Gampe)
+2014-03-24  f6f96f7  #57216          [BUGFIX] Unresolvable dependency if composer.json lacks version (Claus Due)
+2014-03-24  c8236cb  #57226          [CLEANUP] Wrong phpdoc in EnableFileService (Markus Klein)
+2014-03-24  96210e5  #57141          [BUGFIX] Use file name to check extension validity (Christian Weiske)
+2014-03-24  0e3910a  #57220          [TASK] Add ResourceStorage getEvaluatePermissions() (Frans Saris)
+2014-03-23  9ddc050  #57154          [TASK] Improve clipboard names (Tymoteusz Motylewski)
+2014-03-23  293b71f  #57012          [TASK] Move update functionality to BackendUserSessionRepository (Pascal Dürsteler)
+2014-03-23  ed50510  #57173          [BUGFIX] preparseQuery wrongly computes cache hash of a query (Xavier Perseguers)
+2014-03-23  4a4c236  #57197          [TASK] Rename GeneralUtility in Documentation sysext (Markus Klein)
+2014-03-23  f1c4ce7  #57205          [BUGFIX] Avoid empty labels in EM configuration (Francois Suter)
+2014-03-23  2f75ff1  #57139          [TASK] Styling for the distribution management (Ernesto Baschny)
+2014-03-23  b06b67b  #57202          [BUGFIX] Parsetime: config.debug should override LocalConfiguration (Stefan Neufeind)
+2014-03-23  c4a3962  #57206          [BUGFIX] Fix incomplete mocking in several tests (Helmut Hummel)
+2014-03-23  5caf032  #57051          [BUGFIX] Fix position of search field clearer in extension manager. (Jost Baron)
+2014-03-23  a51c3cf  #57196          [TASK] Protect Ajax calls of core extensions (Helmut Hummel)
+2014-03-23  f99d371  #57203          [TASK] Localized labels for EM options (Francois Suter)
+2014-03-23  2144d4c  #56721          [BUGFIX] Ensure backwards compatibility in element browser (Helmut Hummel)
+2014-03-23  69b35c8  #57198          [BUGFIX] Option labels not translated anymore (Francois Suter)
+2014-03-23  d59dac0  #57096          [TASK] Followup to "Cleanup Ajax URL inline settings" (Stefan Neufeind)
+2014-03-23  062efad  #57179          [BUGFIX] Module Menu throws PHP warning for top level menu items (Benjamin Mack)
+2014-03-23  7ccbb22  #57096          [TASK] Cleanup Ajax URL inline settings (Helmut Hummel)
+2014-03-22  ca9c89c  #57035          [BUGFIX] Do not load LocalConfiguration in unit test bootstrap (Christian Kuhn)
+2014-03-22  c0655d6  #57185          [BUGFIX] Tests: Remove some useless tests (Christian Kuhn)
+2014-03-22  3e3feef                  [TASK] Remove db setup from .travis.yml (Christian Kuhn)
+2014-03-22  0d8d464  #57180          [TASK] Fix duplicated array keys in tests (Tymoteusz Motylewski)
+2014-03-22  3274f92  #57181          [TASK] EM: Split Distributions in official and community-based packages (Benjamin Mack)
+2014-03-22  f2908ff  #57184          [TASK] Remove not needed autoload registry of form (Helmut Hummel)
+2014-03-22  524290e                  [TASK] Set TYPO3 version to 6.2-dev (TYPO3 Release Team)
+
+
 2014-03-22  bb72c62                  [RELEASE] Release of TYPO3 6.2.0rc1 (TYPO3 Release Team)
 2014-03-22  a9e4f23  #54243,#33597   [!!!][BUGFIX] Cast negative int to boolean (true) in BooleanNode (Alexander Schnitzler)
 2014-03-22  d20ecc7  #57169          [BUGFIX] Invalid relations of MM records in workspaces (Oliver Hader)
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Core/SystemEnvironmentBuilder.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Core/SystemEnvironmentBuilder.php
index 17a1945471666f3c0a5c6c0d31d5a4fe37d00087..7ba314384dccfa83580d7580c01f255a7294ef1a 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Core/SystemEnvironmentBuilder.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Core/SystemEnvironmentBuilder.php
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class SystemEnvironmentBuilder {
 	 */
 	static protected function defineBaseConstants() {
 		// This version, branch and copyright
-		define('TYPO3_version', '6.2-dev');
+		define('TYPO3_version', '6.2.0rc2');
 		define('TYPO3_branch', '6.2');
 		define('TYPO3_copyright_year', '1998-2014');