diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index bf75e80b..1a6b8b6c 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.2.5-rc0 50205000
+5.2.6-rc0 50206000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 19b830cb..5179eca2 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ### Updated by tools/release/bump.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=5
 project.versioning.minor=2
-project.versioning.patch=5
+project.versioning.patch=6
 project.versioning.build=0
 project.versioning.type=rc
 #############################