diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Security/MemberUserStore.cs b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Security/MemberUserStore.cs
index 3229264d39..70efeeb739 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Security/MemberUserStore.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/Security/MemberUserStore.cs
@@ -794,6 +794,7 @@ public class MemberUserStore : UmbracoUserStore<MemberIdentityUser, UmbracoIdent
 
         if (identityUser.IsPropertyDirty(nameof(MemberIdentityUser.Roles)))
         {
+            anythingChanged = true;
             updateRoles = true;
         }
 
diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index 0f9ad08c15..9988b6b4bd 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/Nerdbank.GitVersioning/master/src/NerdBank.GitVersioning/version.schema.json",
-  "version": "10.2.0",
+  "version": "10.2.0-rc",
   "assemblyVersion": {
     "precision": "Build" // optional. Use when you want a more precise assembly version than the default major.minor.
   },