diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 17aeadd9..132b15d0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@ A awesome gradle plugin which can automatically fetch a font from Fontastic, and
 ## 1. Provide the gradle dependency
 ```gradle
 //the core iconics library (without any widgets)
-implementation "com.mikepenz:iconics-core:4.0.0-rc01"
+implementation "com.mikepenz:iconics-core:4.0.0-rc02"
 implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:$versions.appCompat"
 ```
 
 ## 1b. (optional) Add the view's dependency
 ```gradle
 //this adds all ui view widgets (IconicsButton, IconicsImageView, ...)
-implementation "com.mikepenz:iconics-views:4.0.0-rc01"
+implementation "com.mikepenz:iconics-views:4.0.0-rc02"
 ```
 
 For the non kotlin variant please use a version smaller than 4.x.y (See the releases on GitHub)
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e27e1be2..2182ec85 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 buildscript {
     ext {
         release = [
-                versionName: "4.0.0-rc01",
+                versionName: "4.0.0-rc02",
                 versionCode: 40000
         ]