diff --git a/.version b/.version
index d0897e8548..889b606184 100644
--- a/.version
+++ b/.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.9.0-beta2
+1.9.0-RC2
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index fd8918cd5d..0c9ca7ad53 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ jobs:
   - script: |
       set -ex
 
+      VERSION=$(cat .version)
+      echo "${VERSION}"
+      echo "##vso[build.updatebuildnumber]${VERSION}"
+
       # Rename the folder to openttd-NNN-source
       mkdir openttd-$(Build.BuildNumber)
       find . -maxdepth 1 -not -name . -not -name openttd-$(Build.BuildNumber) -exec mv {} openttd-$(Build.BuildNumber)/ \;