diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index efacdb22d91..819f3544f27 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.
 
-3.0.4 -- March, 2019
+3.0.4 -- April, 2019
 --------------------
 
 - Fix compile error when configured with --enable-mpi-java and
diff --git a/README b/README
index d9f4ce33e6f..2a52f23d8e6 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 (March 2019):
+base as of this writing (April 2019):
 
 General notes
 -------------
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c835575c4ab..5e2e184a752 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ release=4
 # 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"