diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 382ff20065b7..d37e97cd311a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d541b22abde3e71af4b65d79a510b6bc551d5f76
+refs/heads/master: 72d31053f62c4bc464c2783974926969614a8649
diff --git a/trunk/Makefile b/trunk/Makefile
index 4ff83ea36c19..cab896a97296 100644
--- a/trunk/Makefile
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 VERSION = 2
 PATCHLEVEL = 6
 SUBLEVEL = 27
-EXTRAVERSION = -rc6
+EXTRAVERSION = -rc7
 NAME = Rotary Wombat
 
 # *DOCUMENTATION*