diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 2ec659ed5a7..ddd58f44d79 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Sage version 6.6.rc1, released 2015-03-27
+Sage version 6.6.rc2, released 2015-04-02
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
index 08086610db2..28230e181f4 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 tarball=configure-VERSION.tar.gz
-sha1=73f6e52f728f2586564746c77e94224a71b64b9a
-md5=bf32b13ff7c9aa6d72584397f4596b3a
-cksum=2050435266
+sha1=6b6e8457815b8e910102b18d107563f2c38a6156
+md5=f430b72dfc9ee0bfeb75f16dbf5dfda7
+cksum=2088594908
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
index 8e14edce9cc..85322d0b541 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-78
+79
diff --git a/src/bin/sage-banner b/src/bin/sage-banner
index a4e9c519a68..f95627cfa9e 100644
--- a/src/bin/sage-banner
+++ b/src/bin/sage-banner
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
-│ SageMath Version 6.6.rc1, Release Date: 2015-03-27                 │
+│ SageMath Version 6.6.rc2, Release Date: 2015-04-02                 │
 │ Type "notebook()" for the browser-based notebook interface.        │
 │ Type "help()" for help.                                            │
 └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
diff --git a/src/bin/sage-version.sh b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
index 35f2995336d..a59689e5e6c 100644
--- a/src/bin/sage-version.sh
+++ b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Sage version information for shell scripts
 # This file is auto-generated by the sage-update-version script, do not edit!
-SAGE_VERSION='6.6.rc1'
-SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2015-03-27'
+SAGE_VERSION='6.6.rc2'
+SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2015-04-02'
diff --git a/src/sage/version.py b/src/sage/version.py
index b69aab34199..fa586ab09bb 100644
--- a/src/sage/version.py
+++ b/src/sage/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Sage version information for Python scripts
 # This file is auto-generated by the sage-update-version script, do not edit!
-version = '6.6.rc1'
-date = '2015-03-27'
+version = '6.6.rc2'
+date = '2015-04-02'