diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6825ec59c7..daf9c966f3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ set_property(CACHE CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE PROPERTY
 # version string, else they are combined with the result of `git describe`.
 set(NVIM_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 set(NVIM_VERSION_MINOR 6)
-set(NVIM_VERSION_PATCH 1)
-set(NVIM_VERSION_PRERELEASE "") # for package maintainers
+set(NVIM_VERSION_PATCH 2)
+set(NVIM_VERSION_PRERELEASE "-dev") # for package maintainers
 
 # API level
 set(NVIM_API_LEVEL 8)         # Bump this after any API change.