diff --git a/META b/META
index bbba0730fcd8bb247840ae63ce8758d3ebb6bc67..4354034f75d220a6c2bdf0ba58b7c113a8f68304 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   Minor:	2
   Micro:        0
   Version:	2.2.0
-  Release:	0.pre5
+  Release:	0.pre6
 ##
 #  When changing API_CURRENT update src/common/slurm_protocol_common.h
 #  with a new SLURM_PROTOCOL_VERSION signifing the old one and the version