diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index f9cb66b712c..dbb2e0fb856 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version=0.21.0-SNAPSHOT
+version=0.21.0-rc0-SNAPSHOT
 
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError
 org.gradle.parallel=true