diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5e11ccfe..46e98eab 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ This log was last generated on Wed, 22 Sep 2022 09:24:01 GMT and should not be m
 
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+## 2.0.0-rc2
+
+- Omit setting the default endpoint for metrics, as OpenTelemetry OTLP metrics exporters already have their own default configuration [#592](https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-js/pull/592)
+
 ## 2.0.0-rc1
 
 Fri, 28 Oct 2022 08:48:00 GMT
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 87d8b9f8..0b2c4405 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@splunk/otel",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc1",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc2",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@splunk/otel",
-      "version": "2.0.0-rc1",
+      "version": "2.0.0-rc2",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7e1d634c..7dcdd483 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@splunk/otel",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc1",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc2",
   "description": "The Splunk distribution of OpenTelemetry Node Instrumentation provides a Node agent that automatically instruments your Node application to capture and report distributed traces to Splunk APM.",
   "repository": "git@github.com:signalfx/splunk-otel-js.git",
   "author": "Splunk <splunk-oss@splunk.com>",
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
index c17fc4cc..4f491f23 100644
--- a/src/version.ts
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-export const VERSION = '2.0.0-rc1';
+export const VERSION = '2.0.0-rc2';