diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 0ad69d01855f30..445d72ebf0a493 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 VERSION_MAJOR = 2
 VERSION_MINOR = 7
-PATCHLEVEL = 5
+PATCHLEVEL = 6
 VERSION_TWEAK = 0
 EXTRAVERSION =