diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index 41255d235b..7051cf8a3f 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 
-ZULIP_VERSION = "3.0-rc2"
+ZULIP_VERSION = "3.0-rc2+git"
 # Add information on number of commits and commit hash to version, if available
 zulip_git_version_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'zulip-git-version')
 if os.path.exists(zulip_git_version_file):