diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5fa83f854f5..e204a644aa6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ SET(PROJECT_COPYRIGHT   "2008-${PROJECT_YEAR} ${PROJECT_AUTHOR}")
 SET(VERSION_MAJOR       "1")
 SET(VERSION_MINOR       "2")
 SET(VERSION_RELEASE     "0")
-SET(VERSION_STAGE       "rc7")
+SET(VERSION_STAGE       "rc8")
 SET(VERSION_BUILD       "0")
 SET(VERSION             "${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_RELEASE}")
 IF(VERSION_STAGE)