diff --git a/numpydoc/_version.py b/numpydoc/_version.py
index 24487e4b..4e1da2b1 100644
--- a/numpydoc/_version.py
+++ b/numpydoc/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.5.0rc1"
+__version__ = "1.5.0rc2.dev0"