diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 517c93c..003198d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "runet-censorship-bypass",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc0",
   "description": "",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/ilyaigpetrov/copy-unicode-urls#readme",
   "main": "index.js",
diff --git a/tasks/generate-manifest.mjs b/tasks/generate-manifest.mjs
index 03c9e98..76e020a 100755
--- a/tasks/generate-manifest.mjs
+++ b/tasks/generate-manifest.mjs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const ifAllArgsProvided = requiredFlags.reduce(
 
   const semver = process.env.npm_package_version;
   const context = {
-    version: semver,
+    version: semver.replaceAll('-rc', '.'), // Release candidate becomes the fourth integer.
     edition: args.edition,
   };