diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 244a5691..2110be92 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
 # configuration to do before CMake searches for compilers
 project(trick NONE)
 set(TRICK_MAJOR 19)
-set(TRICK_MINOR 5)
-set(TRICK_TINY 1)
+set(TRICK_MINOR 6)
+set(TRICK_TINY 0)
 # set TRICK_PRERELEASE TO EMPTY STRING "" ON RELEASE
-set(TRICK_PRERELEASE "")
+set(TRICK_PRERELEASE "-beta")
 
 # On macOS Mojave and Catalina, the compilers in /usr/bin 
 # are the ones that include the correct C standard library system headers
diff --git a/share/trick/trick_ver.txt b/share/trick/trick_ver.txt
index 3a976c33..fe3886e0 100644
--- a/share/trick/trick_ver.txt
+++ b/share/trick/trick_ver.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-current_version = "19.5.1"
+current_version = "19.6.0-beta"
diff --git a/trick_source/java/pom.xml b/trick_source/java/pom.xml
index 51f0951d..e969068c 100644
--- a/trick_source/java/pom.xml
+++ b/trick_source/java/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <groupId>trick-java</groupId>
   <artifactId>trick-java</artifactId>
-  <version>19.5.1</version>
+  <version>19.6.0-beta</version>
 
   <name>trick-java</name>