diff --git a/src/ripple/protocol/impl/BuildInfo.cpp b/src/ripple/protocol/impl/BuildInfo.cpp
index 1d9e92a951..f7fb09abf6 100644
--- a/src/ripple/protocol/impl/BuildInfo.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/protocol/impl/BuildInfo.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace BuildInfo {
 //  and follow the format described at http://semver.org/
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // clang-format off
-char const* const versionString = "1.6.0-rc1"
+char const* const versionString = "1.6.0-rc2"
 // clang-format on
 
 #if defined(DEBUG) || defined(SANITIZER)