1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ba000db0bb83..e74af153c900 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 VERSION = 2
 PATCHLEVEL = 6
 SUBLEVEL = 16
-EXTRAVERSION = .55
+EXTRAVERSION = .56-rc1
 NAME=Stable Penguin
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*