diff --git a/kong-0.5.4-1.rockspec b/kong-0.6.0rc1-1.rockspec
similarity index 99%
rename from kong-0.5.4-1.rockspec
rename to kong-0.6.0rc1-1.rockspec
index 15585f4b865b..f5bb48d944f0 100644
--- a/kong-0.5.4-1.rockspec
+++ b/kong-0.6.0rc1-1.rockspec
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package = "kong"
-version = "0.5.4-1"
+version = "0.6.0rc1-1"
 supported_platforms = {"linux", "macosx"}
 source = {
   url = "git://github.com/Mashape/kong",
-  tag = "0.5.4"
+  tag = "0.6.0rc1"
 }
 description = {
   summary = "Kong is a scalable and customizable API Management Layer built on top of Nginx.",
diff --git a/kong/constants.lua b/kong/constants.lua
index cadd0d99c354..5e4c55ee7735 100644
--- a/kong/constants.lua
+++ b/kong/constants.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-local VERSION = "0.5.4"
+local VERSION = "0.6.0rc1"
 
 return {
   NAME = "kong",