diff --git a/lam-packaging/debian/changelog b/lam-packaging/debian/changelog
index 34dfc29b..99c6870a 100644
--- a/lam-packaging/debian/changelog
+++ b/lam-packaging/debian/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ldap-account-manager (5.8.DEV-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+ldap-account-manager (6.0.RC1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * new upstream release
 
- -- Roland Gruber <post@rolandgruber.de>  Mon, 27 Mar 2017 18:57:21 +0200
+ -- Roland Gruber <post@rolandgruber.de>  Tue, 06 Jun 2017 18:57:21 +0200
 
 ldap-account-manager (5.7-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/lam/VERSION b/lam/VERSION
index a5dced48..cb24fdf3 100644
--- a/lam/VERSION
+++ b/lam/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.0.DEV
+6.0.RC1