diff --git a/release_version b/release_version
index bc59a277e8fec48e029e2b0a558532dc0aecd689..67697f2e6f92a4a97a11dbeee3417c0215bbbe3a 100644
--- a/release_version
+++ b/release_version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-rc5
+rc6