diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b9b7df107..d7f4d3665 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## v1.0.0-rc2 (unreleased)
+## v1.0.0-rc2 (21 Jul 2017)
 
-- **[Breaking]** Alter lifecycle hooks to accept a context.
+- **[Breaking]** Lifecycle hooks now take a context.
 - Add `fx.In` and `fx.Out` which exposes optional and named types.
   Modules should embed these types instead of relying on `dig.In` and `dig.Out`.
 - Add an `Err` method to retrieve the underlying errors during the dependency
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 14656154a..976828472 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ An application framework for Go that:
 
 ## Status
 
-Almost stable: `v1.0.0-rc1`. Some breaking changes might occur before `v1.0.0`. See [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) for more info.
+Almost stable: `v1.0.0-rc2`. Some breaking changes might occur before `v1.0.0`. See [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) for more info.
 
 ## Install