diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2d6215143f4..a8524d11438 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ included in the vX.Y.Z section and be denoted as:
    (** also appeared: A.B.C)  -- indicating that this item was previously
                                  included in release version vA.B.C.
 
-3.1.5 -- October, 2019
+3.1.5 -- November, 2019
 ----------------------
 
 - Fix OMPIO issue limiting file reads/writes to 2GB.  Thanks to
diff --git a/README b/README
index b3dcb683833..28b47dc1bef 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 2e0e4e18276..cc7fa943aa2 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ 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"