diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d5c5badaf1..076d6162e1 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+2024.08-rc2, released August 22nd, 2024
+
+	Fixes all over the tree.
+
+	Infrastructure: use "-ztext" rather than "-z text" in LDFLAGS
+	to work around buggy build systems
+
+	Defconfigs: Beaglev fire / Microchip mpfs icicle: Correct
+	Linux/U-Boot tarballs, Raspberryi 5: Correct CPU setting,
+	Zynqmp zcu106: use v1.0 DDR config, Zynqmp zcu10* / kria*:
+	Correct U-Boot dependency
+
+	Updated/fixed packages: aer-inject, asterisk, atop, aumix,
+	avahi, botan, chicken, dc3dd, ffmpeg, flashrom, gnuradio,
+	gnu-efi, gnutls, hiawatha, iperf3, iproute2, ledmon, libffi,
+	libgpg-error, libkcapi, libpcap, mariadb, mdadm, ncurses,
+	nginx, ntpsec, python-huepy, python-tpm2-pytss,
+	python-unittest-xml-reporting, qt6base, qt6tools, skopeo,
+	strongswan, systemd, uboot, uclibc, unbound, vboot-utils,
+	wpa_supplicant, wpebackend-fdo
+
+	Removed packages: fan-ctrl
+
 2024.08-rc1, released August 8th, 2024
 
 	Fixes all over the tree (especially related to GCC 14.x
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 284a0bb20e..55aeafde23 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ all:
 .PHONY: all
 
 # Set and export the version string
-export BR2_VERSION := 2024.08-rc1
+export BR2_VERSION := 2024.08-rc2
 # Actual time the release is cut (for reproducible builds)
-BR2_VERSION_EPOCH = 1723149000
+BR2_VERSION_EPOCH = 1724343000
 
 # Save running make version since it's clobbered by the make package
 RUNNING_MAKE_VERSION := $(MAKE_VERSION)
diff --git a/docs/website/download.html b/docs/website/download.html
index cbf0db6bb9..207ba08c8b 100644
--- a/docs/website/download.html
+++ b/docs/website/download.html
@@ -76,37 +76,37 @@
 	</div>
       </div>
 
-      <h3 style="text-align: center;">Latest release candidate: <b>2024.08-rc1</b></h3>
+      <h3 style="text-align: center;">Latest release candidate: <b>2024.08-rc2</b></h3>
       <div class="row mt centered">
 	<div class="col-sm-6">
 	  <div class="flip-container center-block" ontouchstart="this.classList.toggle('hover');">
 	    <div class="flipper">
 	      <div class="front">
-		<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2024.08-rc1.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
+		<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2024.08-rc2.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
 	      </div>
 	      <div class="back">
-		<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2024.08-rc1.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
+		<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2024.08-rc2.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
 	      </div>
 	    </div>
 	  </div>
 
-	  <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2024.08-rc1.tar.gz">buildroot-2024.08-rc1.tar.gz</a></h3>
-	  <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2024.08-rc1.tar.gz.sign">PGP signature</a></p>
+	  <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2024.08-rc2.tar.gz">buildroot-2024.08-rc2.tar.gz</a></h3>
+	  <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2024.08-rc2.tar.gz.sign">PGP signature</a></p>
 	</div>
 	<div class="col-sm-6">
 	  <div class="flip-container center-block" ontouchstart="this.classList.toggle('hover');">
 	    <div class="flipper">
 	      <div class="front">
-		<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2024.08-rc1.tar.xz"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
+		<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2024.08-rc2.tar.xz"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
 	      </div>
 	      <div class="back">
-		<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2024.08-rc1.tar.xz"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
+		<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2024.08-rc2.tar.xz"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
 	      </div>
 	    </div>
 	  </div>
 
-	  <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2024.08-rc1.tar.xz">buildroot-2024.08-rc1.tar.xz</a></h3>
-	  <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2024.08-rc1.tar.xz.sign">PGP signature</a></p>
+	  <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2024.08-rc2.tar.xz">buildroot-2024.08-rc2.tar.xz</a></h3>
+	  <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2024.08-rc2.tar.xz.sign">PGP signature</a></p>
 	</div>
       </div>
 
diff --git a/docs/website/news.html b/docs/website/news.html
index 487586a894..285dfbfdde 100644
--- a/docs/website/news.html
+++ b/docs/website/news.html
@@ -9,6 +9,27 @@
 <h2>News</h2>
 <ul class="timeline">
 
+  <li class="timeline-inverted">
+    <div class="timeline-badge"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-thumbs-up"></i></div>
+    <div class="timeline-panel">
+      <div class="timeline-heading">
+	<h4 class="timeline-title">2024.08-rc2 released</h4>
+	<p><small class="text-muted"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-time"></i>22 August 2024</small></p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="timeline-body">
+        <p>Another 2 weeks, another release candidate with more cleanups and build fixes. See the
+	  <a href="http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/plain/CHANGES?id=2024.08-rc2">CHANGES</a>
+	  file for more details.</p>
+
+	<p>Go to the <a href="/downloads/">downloads page</a> to pick up the
+	  <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2024.08-rc2.tar.xz">2024.08-rc2
+	  release</a>, and report any problems found to the
+         <a href="support.html">mailing list</a> or
+         <a href="https://bugs.buildroot.org">bug tracker</a>.</p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </li>
+
   <li>
     <div class="timeline-badge"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-thumbs-up"></i></div>
     <div class="timeline-panel">