diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 5d2540b3967..b7883b5968d 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SageMath version 7.6.beta1, Release Date: 2017-01-25
+SageMath version 7.6.beta2, Release Date: 2017-02-01
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
index 31d8d048ed9..3d6dd7bdeed 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 tarball=configure-VERSION.tar.gz
-sha1=1a3c575cc77fb6611465d21a767a7a802c127e43
-md5=71f93688fb5feced01824ab28c3eb546
-cksum=2358556693
+sha1=c7e593913a4949263d8b13b178cdf98ddd7b4f5a
+md5=2206355c3f51dba81a33578469ef9351
+cksum=3793129936
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
index bb2ee191e85..ad03f7c5a87 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-203
+204
diff --git a/src/bin/sage-banner b/src/bin/sage-banner
index 520b0bb053f..150a4e74340 100644
--- a/src/bin/sage-banner
+++ b/src/bin/sage-banner
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
-│ SageMath version 7.6.beta1, Release Date: 2017-01-25               │
+│ SageMath version 7.6.beta2, Release Date: 2017-02-01               │
 │ 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 ab04a8c25a1..4a41227aace 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='7.6.beta1'
-SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2017-01-25'
+SAGE_VERSION='7.6.beta2'
+SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2017-02-01'
diff --git a/src/sage/version.py b/src/sage/version.py
index 9b87cd4c697..bd870ddd2d1 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 = '7.6.beta1'
-date = '2017-01-25'
+version = '7.6.beta2'
+date = '2017-02-01'