diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f7b780ab7d1b..e62c41937ebe 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7874d35173d549c1a2b2f77c4b1f94379fa65698
+refs/heads/master: 6e86841d05f371b5b9b86ce76c02aaee83352298
diff --git a/trunk/Makefile b/trunk/Makefile
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 VERSION = 2
 PATCHLEVEL = 6
-SUBLEVEL = 26
-EXTRAVERSION =
+SUBLEVEL = 27
+EXTRAVERSION = -rc1
 NAME = Rotary Wombat
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*