diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2fefb31a47a..c4bc75459e3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ This file contains notable changes between releases for each release since
 Open MPI 1.0.  Because Open MPI maintains multiple release branches at any time,
 it is possible for items to appear more than once in the list.
 
-3.0.5 -- October, 2019
+3.0.5 -- November, 2019
 ----------------------
 
 - Fix OMPIO issue limiting file reads/writes to 2GB.  Thanks to
diff --git a/README b/README
index c0b78f61b5d..9943ded6377 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Much, much more information is also available in the Open MPI FAQ:
 ===========================================================================
 
 The following abbreviated list of release notes applies to this code
-base as of this writing (October 2019):
+base as of this writing (November 2019):
 
 General notes
 -------------
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6df0c598fbe..6ae8f00f6da 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ release=5
 # requirement is that it must be entirely printable ASCII characters
 # and have no white space.
 
-greek=rc1
+greek=rc2
 
 # If repo_rev is empty, then the repository version number will be
 # obtained during "make dist" via the "git describe --tags --always"