diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 50c3121b8f8431a04597b88c045c9074f26836d6..2d19bb72502eeef9a2da54161563e3cee4899a28 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Changelog for upcoming release
- not yet decided
-Changelog for ELPA 2019.05.001.rc1
+Changelog for ELPA 2019.05.001.rc2
- elpa_print_kernels supports GPU usage
- fix an error if PAPI measurements are activated
- new simple real kernels: block4 and block6
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ been introduced a year ago. Removed routines:
-> cholesky_real
-> cholesky_complex
-> solve_tridi
+- new kernels for ARM arch64 added
+
Changelog for ELPA 2018.11.001
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 78e375fbe687774ff25cae902ce7e3ff48b768d5..d37c3826d823f675a5eb5ec49522849598b3d6c1 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
## Preamble ##
-This file provides documentation on how to build the *ELPA* library in **version ELPA-2019.05.001.rc1**.
+This file provides documentation on how to build the *ELPA* library in **version ELPA-2019.05.001.rc2**.
With release of **version ELPA-2017.05.001** the build process has been significantly simplified,
which makes it easier to install the *ELPA* library.
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index f41786c9bb75bc3c0a7d89b3ffea03ecada3acb2..6f8521e85e410e12e9c0b97c34572ce9dea8503e 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This file contains the release notes for the ELPA 2019.05.001.rc1 version
+This file contains the release notes for the ELPA 2019.05.001.rc2 version
What is new?
-------------
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ For detailed information about changes since release ELPA 2018.11 please have a
- C functions can have an optional error argument, if compiler supports this
=> ABI and API change
- as anounced, removal of deprecated routines
+- new kernels for Arm arch64
ABI change
---------------------
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b0c7e6ff490eb54277073618ce390490dcb1afd5..a294c096cefd3610f467aa2934d2592e9bee5846 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1533,7 +1533,7 @@ m4_foreach_w([elpa_m4_kind],[real complex],[
#echo " "
#echo " "
echo "***********************************************************************"
-echo "* This is a the first release candidate of ELPA 2019.05.001.rc1 *"
+echo "* This is a the first release candidate of ELPA 2019.05.001.rc2 *"
echo "* There might be still some changes until the final release of *"
echo "* ELPA 2019.05.001 *"
echo "***********************************************************************"
diff --git a/elpa.spec b/elpa.spec
index d18d497dd65d9231a7eeb04ff7adb749266963ec..03f3d6755eea73a5a6f0b06112ba748f9569382b 100644
--- a/elpa.spec
+++ b/elpa.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
%define with_openmp 0
Name: elpa
-Version: 2019.05.001.rc1
+Version: 2019.05.001.rc2
Release: 1
Summary: A massively parallel eigenvector solver
License: LGPL-3.0
diff --git a/test_project_1stage/configure.ac b/test_project_1stage/configure.ac
index ac35fc2c5d1942b07e4a7e36cb93b8820bfa0462..74a7a81842687550a31800ad91a3db19d2ac317e 100644
--- a/test_project_1stage/configure.ac
+++ b/test_project_1stage/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([elpa_test_project],[2019.05.001.rc1], elpa-library@rzg.mpg.de)
-elpaversion="2019.05.001.rc1"
+AC_INIT([elpa_test_project],[2019.05.001.rc2], elpa-library@rzg.mpg.de)
+elpaversion="2019.05.001.rc2"
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/test_real.F90])
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall subdir-objects])
diff --git a/test_project_1stage_legacy_api/configure.ac b/test_project_1stage_legacy_api/configure.ac
index ac35fc2c5d1942b07e4a7e36cb93b8820bfa0462..74a7a81842687550a31800ad91a3db19d2ac317e 100644
--- a/test_project_1stage_legacy_api/configure.ac
+++ b/test_project_1stage_legacy_api/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([elpa_test_project],[2019.05.001.rc1], elpa-library@rzg.mpg.de)
-elpaversion="2019.05.001.rc1"
+AC_INIT([elpa_test_project],[2019.05.001.rc2], elpa-library@rzg.mpg.de)
+elpaversion="2019.05.001.rc2"
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/test_real.F90])
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall subdir-objects])
diff --git a/test_project_2stage/configure.ac b/test_project_2stage/configure.ac
index cb51b6634e65bad187a24aa5b806b69ac28799af..8ca05747a77decac345d8a24b4b1a335fe4a0d55 100644
--- a/test_project_2stage/configure.ac
+++ b/test_project_2stage/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([elpa_test_project],[2019.05.001.rc1], elpa-library@rzg.mpg.de)
-elpaversion="2019.05.001.rc1"
+AC_INIT([elpa_test_project],[2019.05.001.rc2], elpa-library@rzg.mpg.de)
+elpaversion="2019.05.001.rc2"
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/test_real2.F90])
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall subdir-objects])
diff --git a/test_project_2stage_legacy_api/configure.ac b/test_project_2stage_legacy_api/configure.ac
index 37f73198bbccd7a8fa0ee2de87bc26748e447ce6..272aaa1e338d5b712d520549d52df8f5af0c697e 100644
--- a/test_project_2stage_legacy_api/configure.ac
+++ b/test_project_2stage_legacy_api/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([elpa2_test_project],[2019.05.001.rc1], elpa-library@rzg.mpg.de)
-elpaversion="2019.05.001.rc1"
+AC_INIT([elpa2_test_project],[2019.05.001.rc2], elpa-library@rzg.mpg.de)
+elpaversion="2019.05.001.rc2"
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/test_real2.F90])
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall subdir-objects])
diff --git a/test_project_C/configure.ac b/test_project_C/configure.ac
index 0ca11e6c8fbc41396817e3820c80d0b725a9b92d..9c688beb84d5fc19a78b22d0f75f2466d418b9df 100644
--- a/test_project_C/configure.ac
+++ b/test_project_C/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([elpa_test_project],[2019.05.001.rc1], elpa-library@rzg.mpg.de)
-elpaversion="2019.05.001.rc1"
+AC_INIT([elpa_test_project],[2019.05.001.rc2], elpa-library@rzg.mpg.de)
+elpaversion="2019.05.001.rc2"
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/test_real.c])
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall subdir-objects])
diff --git a/test_project_C_2stage/configure.ac b/test_project_C_2stage/configure.ac
index 98c6b9b491f7e335d5b0d2ed5bf97877fc88f71d..b1abee71428ce9a336333ab0d7b054f77dc7c129 100644
--- a/test_project_C_2stage/configure.ac
+++ b/test_project_C_2stage/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([elpa_test_project],[2019.05.001.rc1], elpa-library@rzg.mpg.de)
-elpaversion="2019.05.001.rc1"
+AC_INIT([elpa_test_project],[2019.05.001.rc2], elpa-library@rzg.mpg.de)
+elpaversion="2019.05.001.rc2"
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/test_real2.c])
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall subdir-objects])