diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c5e3dd63..2497a424 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.6.0-rc1 600010
+0.6.1-rc0 601000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 31f16de6..585a30d1 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ### Updated by release.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=0
 project.versioning.minor=6
-project.versioning.patch=0
-project.versioning.build=1
+project.versioning.patch=1
+project.versioning.build=0
 #############################