diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 5e50882ea00..1675fdb469e 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SageMath version 7.6.rc1, Release Date: 2017-03-16
+SageMath version 7.6.rc2, Release Date: 2017-03-19
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
index 7c260d3fe06..c13f894895d 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 tarball=configure-VERSION.tar.gz
-sha1=0681ac6bf195ae568b1b5509afaa1cfc5b1186cf
-md5=fc46f2ff3d1e247bb8c667d2c5b39a53
-cksum=2589969668
+sha1=4d033e562fe03ebfe416f12411044e8cec4df94c
+md5=4822e231514b2e5f93f61fd078e2e4cc
+cksum=271749219
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
index cd7da05e3d2..dba40afcf75 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-210
+211
diff --git a/src/bin/sage-banner b/src/bin/sage-banner
index 964110b043d..f9bcdadd4e1 100644
--- a/src/bin/sage-banner
+++ b/src/bin/sage-banner
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
-│ SageMath version 7.6.rc1, Release Date: 2017-03-16                 │
+│ SageMath version 7.6.rc2, Release Date: 2017-03-19                 │
 │ 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 56a39eb3212..267b191e251 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.rc1'
-SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2017-03-16'
+SAGE_VERSION='7.6.rc2'
+SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2017-03-19'
diff --git a/src/sage/version.py b/src/sage/version.py
index 78806612f4e..a86d89c955e 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.rc1'
-date = '2017-03-16'
+version = '7.6.rc2'
+date = '2017-03-19'