diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f29b8f7e0d43..3c1a26898d37 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2a0ab2cd73c26835e635ed4e3868f983519048fb
+refs/heads/master: 099c5c310e9744bd0654881bb55c137051228e56
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/drbd.h b/trunk/include/linux/drbd.h
index 68530521ad00..30da4ae48972 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/drbd.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/drbd.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 
 extern const char *drbd_buildtag(void);
-#define REL_VERSION "8.3.8rc1"
+#define REL_VERSION "8.3.8rc2"
 #define API_VERSION 88
 #define PRO_VERSION_MIN 86
 #define PRO_VERSION_MAX 94