diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4dd2ed8f250345efe91e39cb9b822e692b8a8ab1..56219811eaa4b43a5eab354744d4ed2b80b73d08 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-12.5.0-pre
+12.6.0-pre