diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d1a2123d5..6e8663f88 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ endif()
 
 # set up versioning.
 set(DF_VERSION "0.44.10")
-set(DFHACK_RELEASE "r1")
+set(DFHACK_RELEASE "r2")
 set(DFHACK_PRERELEASE FALSE)
 
 set(DFHACK_VERSION "${DF_VERSION}-${DFHACK_RELEASE}")