diff --git a/META b/META
index c6f6426e3e38235ae7759f20dc5545910e0f1c95..1364ddef670e8b6918b4bf837671015921a2eb98 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   Minor:	6
   Micro:	0
   Version:	2.6.0
-  Release:	0pre4
+  Release:	0pre5
 
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 #  When changing API_CURRENT update src/common/slurm_protocol_common.h