diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b9a798d3ca..0502fb8995 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ include(cmake/OpenCVGenConfig.cmake)
 # Summary:
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 status("")
-status("General configuration for OpenCV ${OPENCV_VERSION}-rc =====================================")
+status("General configuration for OpenCV ${OPENCV_VERSION} =====================================")
 if(OPENCV_VCSVERSION)
   status("  Version control:" ${OPENCV_VCSVERSION})
 endif()
diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/version.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/version.hpp
index 8e817511d5..4e68c52a00 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/version.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/version.hpp
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@
 
 #define CVAUX_STR_EXP(__A)  #__A
 #define CVAUX_STR(__A)      CVAUX_STR_EXP(__A)
-#define CV_VERSION          CVAUX_STR(CV_MAJOR_VERSION) "." CVAUX_STR(CV_MINOR_VERSION) "." CVAUX_STR(CV_SUBMINOR_VERSION) "-rc"
+#define CV_VERSION          CVAUX_STR(CV_MAJOR_VERSION) "." CVAUX_STR(CV_MINOR_VERSION) "." CVAUX_STR(CV_SUBMINOR_VERSION)
 
 #endif