diff --git a/start_rc.py b/start_rc.py
index 4bc56f55e3..cd896141f0 100644
--- a/start_rc.py
+++ b/start_rc.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import sys
 from os.path import isfile
 
-SERVER_VERSION = "4.2.1-SNAPSHOT"
+SERVER_VERSION = "4.2.1"
 RC_VERSION = "0.8-SNAPSHOT"
 
 RELEASE_REPO = "http://repo1.maven.apache.org/maven2"