diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 056d4cd63a..68a503520e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ task replaceVersion() {
     var tokens = [
 //        [ 'sonar', '**/pom.xml', '(packaging>\\n\\s*<version>)[0-9.]+(?:-SNAPSHOT)?', "\\1${version}" ],
 //        [ 'sonar', '**/pom.xml', '(poi-parent&lt;/artifactId>\\n\\s*<version>)[0-9.]+(?:-SNAPSHOT)?', "\1${version}" ],
-        [ 'osgi', 'pom.xml', '(packaging>\\n\\s*<version>)[0-9.]+(?:-SNAPSHOT)?', "\\1${version}" ]
+        [ 'osgi', 'pom.xml', '(packaging>\\n\\s*<version>)[0-9.]+(?:-SNAPSHOT|-RC\\d+)?', "\\1${version}" ]
         // [ '.', 'build.gradle', ' version = \'[0-9.]+(?:-SNAPSHOT)?\'', " version = '${version}'" ]
     ]