diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f40edd86616f..a415a1f88f41 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2391dae3e36c19fe668c71eac2eb8344dbaaf46d
+refs/heads/master: a38d6181ff27824c79fc7df825164a212eff6a3f
diff --git a/trunk/Makefile b/trunk/Makefile
index 8a3c2717e388..c6f7b71eae81 100644
--- a/trunk/Makefile
+++ b/trunk/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 VERSION = 2
 PATCHLEVEL = 6
 SUBLEVEL = 22
-EXTRAVERSION = -rc6
+EXTRAVERSION = -rc7
 NAME = Holy Dancing Manatees, Batman!
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*