diff --git a/reports-scheduler/build.gradle b/reports-scheduler/build.gradle
index cfa6c21c..78d564b9 100644
--- a/reports-scheduler/build.gradle
+++ b/reports-scheduler/build.gradle
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ buildscript {
         opensearch_group = "org.opensearch"
 
         isSnapshot = "true" == System.getProperty("build.snapshot", "true")
-        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "2.0.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT")
-        buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier", "alpha1")
-        // 2.0.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT -> 2.0.0.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT
+        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "2.0.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT")
+        buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier", "rc1")
+        // 2.0.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT -> 2.0.0.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT
         version_tokens = opensearch_version.tokenize('-')
         opensearch_build = version_tokens[0] + '.0'
         if (buildVersionQualifier) {