diff --git a/src-ui/src/environments/environment.prod.ts b/src-ui/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
index d1b98dae1..5f5277cc2 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export const environment = {
   apiBaseUrl: document.baseURI + "api/",
   apiVersion: "2",
   appTitle: "Paperless-ngx",
-  version: "1.5.0",
+  version: "1.6.0-rc1",
   webSocketHost: window.location.host,
   webSocketProtocol: (window.location.protocol == "https:" ? "wss:" : "ws:"),
   webSocketBaseUrl: base_url.pathname + "ws/",