diff --git a/manifests/2.0.0/opensearch-2.0.0.yml b/manifests/2.0.0/opensearch-2.0.0.yml
index bec63f88b8..a8da7e4420 100644
--- a/manifests/2.0.0/opensearch-2.0.0.yml
+++ b/manifests/2.0.0/opensearch-2.0.0.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ci:
 build:
   name: OpenSearch
   version: 2.0.0
-  qualifier: alpha1
+  qualifier: rc1
 components:
   - name: OpenSearch
     ref: '2.0'
diff --git a/manifests/2.0.0/opensearch-dashboards-2.0.0.yml b/manifests/2.0.0/opensearch-dashboards-2.0.0.yml
index 0efd922d97..b555fd59e9 100644
--- a/manifests/2.0.0/opensearch-dashboards-2.0.0.yml
+++ b/manifests/2.0.0/opensearch-dashboards-2.0.0.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ schema-version: '1.0'
 build:
   name: OpenSearch Dashboards
   version: 2.0.0
-  qualifier: alpha1
+  qualifier: rc1
 ci:
   image:
     name: opensearchstaging/ci-runner:ci-runner-centos7-opensearch-dashboards-build-v1