diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 628af96f..d962a09c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4282,7 +4282,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wash-cli"
-version = "0.20.1"
+version = "0.20.2"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert-json-diff",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0482bff9..e75ac138 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "wash-cli"
-version = "0.20.1"
+version = "0.20.2"
 authors = ["wasmCloud Team"]
 categories = ["wasm", "command-line-utilities"]
 description = "wasmcloud Shell (wash) CLI tool"
diff --git a/src/up/config.rs b/src/up/config.rs
index c43a25cb..e437d278 100644
--- a/src/up/config.rs
+++ b/src/up/config.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pub(crate) const DEFAULT_NATS_PORT: &str = "4222";
 // wadm configuration values
 pub(crate) const WADM_VERSION: &str = "v0.6.0";
 // wasmCloud configuration values, https://wasmcloud.dev/reference/host-runtime/host_configure/
-pub(crate) const WASMCLOUD_HOST_VERSION: &str = "v0.78.0-rc4";
+pub(crate) const WASMCLOUD_HOST_VERSION: &str = "v0.78.0-rc6";
 // NATS isolation configuration variables
 pub(crate) const WASMCLOUD_LATTICE_PREFIX: &str = "WASMCLOUD_LATTICE_PREFIX";
 pub(crate) const DEFAULT_LATTICE_PREFIX: &str = "default";