diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index adc043b5..c5e3dd63 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.6.0-rc0 600000
+0.6.0-rc1 600010
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 61d260e4..31f16de6 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 project.versioning.major=0
 project.versioning.minor=6
 project.versioning.patch=0
-project.versioning.build=0
+project.versioning.build=1
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