diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bf870bb..071ec1c 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.parabot</groupId>
     <artifactId>client</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6</version>
+    <version>2.6.0-RC1</version>
 
     <packaging>jar</packaging>