diff --git a/build/version.go b/build/version.go
index 627b8ee4e8..c2f240d5b9 100644
--- a/build/version.go
+++ b/build/version.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ const (
 
 	// AppPreRelease MUST only contain characters from semanticAlphabet
 	// per the semantic versioning spec.
-	AppPreRelease = "beta.rc5"
+	AppPreRelease = "beta.rc6"
 )
 
 func init() {