diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
index 700dd52d98923a08dc67c2aba289cf6debe3c474..ef9b572697d3cffb11c251fce639aba09037fd19 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ class SimpleSAML_Configuration {
 
 
 	public function getVersion($verbose = FALSE) {
-		return 'trunk';
+		return '1.6.0-rc1';
 	}