diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 13152bf2d9a0577e445fa12f35861f90fc722e6a..c7f631f7d5827b7df9c2772347b1f2bccedc21c0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
-AC_INIT([openocd], [0.6.0-rc1-dev],
+AC_INIT([openocd], [0.6.0-rc2],
   [OpenOCD Mailing List <openocd-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/openocd.c])