diff --git a/CHANGELOG-5.1.md b/CHANGELOG-5.1.md
index 0d4ccefcd1eb..5f1269de038e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG-5.1.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG-5.1.md
@@ -7,6 +7,41 @@ in 5.1 minor versions.
 To get the diff for a specific change, go to https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/XXX where XXX is the change hash
 To get the diff between two versions, go to https://github.com/symfony/symfony/compare/v5.1.0...v5.1.1
 
+* 5.1.0-RC2 (2020-05-26)
+
+ * bug #36966 Fix extra SQL support in Doctrine migrations (fabpot)
+ * bug #36960 [HttpClient] fix management of shorter-than-requested timeouts with AmpHttpClient (nicolas-grekas)
+ * bug #36947 [Mime] Allow email message to have "To", "Cc", or "Bcc" header to be valid (Ernest Hymel)
+ * bug #36943 [FrameworkBundle] Fix MicroKernelTrait for php 8 (derrabus)
+ * bug #36938 Don't call method_exists() with non-objects. (derrabus)
+ * bug #36936 [FrameworkBundle] don't use abstract methods in MicroKernelTrait, their semantics changed in PHP 8 (nicolas-grekas)
+ * bug #36935 [HttpClient] Adjust AmpResponse to the stricter trait handling in php 8 (derrabus)
+ * bug #36914 Parse and render anonymous classes correctly on php 8 (derrabus)
+ * bug #36921 [OptionsResolver][Serializer] Remove calls to deprecated ReflectionParameter::getClass() (derrabus)
+ * feature #36918 [Security] Removed "services" prototype node from "custom_authenticator" (wouterj)
+ * bug #36920 [VarDumper] fix PHP 8 support (nicolas-grekas)
+ * bug #36917 [Cache] Accessing undefined constants raises an Error in php8 (derrabus)
+ * bug #36891 Address deprecation of ReflectionType::getClass() (derrabus)
+ * bug #36899 [VarDumper] ReflectionFunction::isDisabled() is deprecated (derrabus)
+ * bug #36905 [Validator] Catch expected ValueError (derrabus)
+ * bug #36915 [DomCrawler] Catch expected ValueError (derrabus)
+ * bug #36908 [Cache][HttpClient] Made method signatures compatible with their corresponding traits (derrabus)
+ * bug #36906 [DomCrawler] Catch expected ValueError (derrabus)
+ * bug #36904 [PropertyAccess] Parse php 8 TypeErrors correctly (derrabus)
+ * bug #36839 [BrowserKit] Raw body with custom Content-Type header (azhurb)
+ * bug #36869 [Form] don't add the inputmode attribute on fields whose type is the same (MatTheCat)
+ * feature #36886 [Validator] Make ExpressionLanguageSyntax validator usable with annotation (jderusse)
+ * bug #36896 [Config] Removed implicit cast of ReflectionProperty to string (derrabus)
+ * bug #35944 [Security/Core] Fix wrong roles comparison (thlbaut)
+ * bug #36873 [Messenger] Fixed check for allowed options in AwsSqs configuration (kroshilin)
+ * bug #36882 [PhpUnitBridge] fix installing under PHP >= 8 (nicolas-grekas)
+ * bug #36859 [Validator] allow passing a validator to Validation::createCallable() (nicolas-grekas)
+ * bug #36833 [HttpKernel] Fix that the `Store` would not save responses with the X-Content-Digest header present (mpdude)
+ * bug #36867 [PhpUnitBridge] fix bad detection of unsilenced deprecations (nicolas-grekas)
+ * bug #36862 [Security] Unserialize $parentData, if needed, to avoid errors (rfaivre)
+ * bug #36855 [HttpKernel] Fix error logger when stderr is redirected to /dev/null (fabpot)
+ * bug #36838 [HttpKernel] Bring back the debug toolbar (derrabus)
+
 * 5.1.0-RC1 (2020-05-16)
 
  * bug #36832 [Security] Improved upgrade path for custom remember me services (wouterj)
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php
index c5313ee24f85..b06cb82389fa 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ abstract class Kernel implements KernelInterface, RebootableInterface, Terminabl
 
     private static $freshCache = [];
 
-    const VERSION = '5.1.0-DEV';
+    const VERSION = '5.1.0-RC2';
     const VERSION_ID = 50100;
     const MAJOR_VERSION = 5;
     const MINOR_VERSION = 1;
     const RELEASE_VERSION = 0;
-    const EXTRA_VERSION = 'DEV';
+    const EXTRA_VERSION = 'RC2';
 
     const END_OF_MAINTENANCE = '01/2021';
     const END_OF_LIFE = '01/2021';