diff --git a/build/Makefile b/build/Makefile
index 1e3f534b03..a70deca136 100644
--- a/build/Makefile
+++ b/build/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #
 
 # base version target. This is usually the next release.
-base_version = 0.5.0
+base_version = 0.6.0
 
 # agones image release registry
 release_registry = gcr.io/agones-images
diff --git a/install/helm/agones/Chart.yaml b/install/helm/agones/Chart.yaml
index 2d92df9bea..5959c36867 100644
--- a/install/helm/agones/Chart.yaml
+++ b/install/helm/agones/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 # Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
 
 apiVersion: v1
-appVersion: "0.5.0"
-version: 0.5.0
+appVersion: "0.6.0-rc"
+version: 0.6.0-rc
 name: agones
 description: a library for hosting, running and scaling dedicated game servers on Kubernetes.
 keywords:
diff --git a/install/helm/agones/values.yaml b/install/helm/agones/values.yaml
index b503551037..80f4a74af9 100644
--- a/install/helm/agones/values.yaml
+++ b/install/helm/agones/values.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ agones:
       timeoutSeconds: 1
   image:
     registry: gcr.io/agones-images
-    tag: 0.5.0
+    tag: 0.6.0-rc
     controller:
       name: agones-controller
       pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
diff --git a/install/yaml/install.yaml b/install/yaml/install.yaml
index b96b6fd492..2914616756 100644
--- a/install/yaml/install.yaml
+++ b/install/yaml/install.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-0.5.0
+    chart: agones-0.6.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Tiller
 ---
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-0.5.0
+    chart: agones-0.6.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Tiller
 rules:
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-0.5.0
+    chart: agones-0.6.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Tiller
 subjects:
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: default
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-0.5.0
+    chart: agones-0.6.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Tiller
 ---
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-0.5.0
+    chart: agones-0.6.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Tiller
 rules:
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: default
   labels:
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-0.5.0
+    chart: agones-0.6.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Tiller
 subjects:
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: crd
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-0.5.0
+    chart: agones-0.6.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Tiller
 spec:
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: crd
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-0.5.0
+    chart: agones-0.6.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Tiller
 spec:
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: crd
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-0.5.0
+    chart: agones-0.6.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Tiller
 spec:
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: crd
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-0.5.0
+    chart: agones-0.6.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Tiller
 spec:
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: crd
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-0.5.0
+    chart: agones-0.6.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Tiller
 spec:
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: controller
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-0.5.0
+    chart: agones-0.6.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Tiller
 spec:
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: controller
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-0.5.0
+    chart: agones-0.6.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Tiller
 spec:
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: agones-controller
       containers:
       - name: agones-controller
-        image: "gcr.io/agones-images/agones-controller:0.5.0"
+        image: "gcr.io/agones-images/agones-controller:0.6.0-rc"
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         env:
         - name: ALWAYS_PULL_SIDECAR # set the sidecar imagePullPolicy to Always
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ spec:
         - name: MAX_PORT
           value: "8000"
         - name: SIDECAR # overwrite the GameServer sidecar image that is used
-          value: "gcr.io/agones-images/agones-sdk:0.5.0"
+          value: "gcr.io/agones-images/agones-sdk:0.6.0-rc"
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
             path: /live
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     component: controller
     app: agones
-    chart: agones-0.5.0
+    chart: agones-0.6.0-rc
     release: agones-manual
     heritage: Tiller
 webhooks:
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: agones-system
   labels:
     app: agones-manual
-    chart: "agones-0.5.0"
+    chart: "agones-0.6.0-rc"
     release: "agones-manual"
     heritage: "Tiller"
 type: Opaque