diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 436c68c19e..01e26d5550 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "private": true,
   "name": "ionic2",
-  "version": "2.0.0-beta.11",
+  "version": "ionic-angular 2.0.0-rc.test",
   "description": "A powerful framework for building mobile and progressive web apps with JavaScript and Angular 2",
   "keywords": [
     "ionic",
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
     "@types/merge2": "0.3.29",
     "@types/mkdirp": "0.3.29",
     "@types/node": "6.0.34",
-    "@types/protractor": "1.5.19",
     "@types/run-sequence": "0.0.28",
     "@types/semver": "5.3.30",
     "@types/serve-static": "1.7.31",
diff --git a/scripts/gulp/tasks/release.ts b/scripts/gulp/tasks/release.ts
index 6e05676314..ff3e8b73ff 100644
--- a/scripts/gulp/tasks/release.ts
+++ b/scripts/gulp/tasks/release.ts
@@ -12,15 +12,36 @@ import { compileSass, copyFonts, createTimestamp, setSassIonicVersion, writePoly
 
 
 task('nightly', (done: (err: any) => void) => {
-  runSequence('release.nightlyPackage', 'release.publishNightly', done);
+  runSequence('release.prepareReleasePackage', 'release.publishNightly', done);
 });
 
-task('release.prepareNightly', (done: (err: any) => void) => {
-  runSequence(/*'release.pullLatest', 'validate',*/ 'release.copyTemplates', 'release.copyNpmInfo', 'release.preparePackageJsonTemplate', 'release.nightlyPackageJson', done);
+task('release', (done: (err: any) => void) => {
+  runSequence('release.prepareReleasePackage', 'release.copyProdVersion', done);
 });
 
-task('release.nightlyPackage', (done: (err: any) => void) => {
-  runSequence('clean', 'release.polyfill', 'compile.release', 'release.prepareNightly', 'release.compileSass', 'release.fonts', 'release.scss', 'release.createUmdBundle', done);
+task('release.copyProdVersion', () => {
+  const sourcePackageJSON = require(`${PROJECT_ROOT}/package.json`);
+  const packageJsonToUpdate = require(`${DIST_BUILD_ROOT}/package.json`);
+
+  packageJsonToUpdate.version = sourcePackageJSON.version;
+
+  const prettyPrintedJson = JSON.stringify(packageJsonToUpdate, null, 2);
+  writeFileSync(`${DIST_BUILD_ROOT}/package.json`, prettyPrintedJson);
+});
+
+task('release.prepareReleasePackage', (done: (err: any) => void) => {
+  runSequence('clean',
+          'release.polyfill',
+          'compile.release',
+          'release.copyTemplates',
+          'release.copyNpmInfo',
+          'release.preparePackageJsonTemplate',
+          'release.nightlyPackageJson',
+          'release.compileSass',
+          'release.fonts',
+          'release.scss',
+          'release.createUmdBundle',
+          done);
 });
 
 task('release.createUmdBundle', (done: Function) => {