diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 553e36f31c7..0f7d46cfde7 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SageMath version 8.7.beta5, Release Date: 2019-02-24
+SageMath version 8.7.beta6, Release Date: 2019-03-02
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
index 85ca392d823..17ebb1e1d44 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 tarball=configure-VERSION.tar.gz
-sha1=f979bd410250db2fdbc038b5800f07e473786742
-md5=223dc399fc09b418bc5afb314f53d749
-cksum=2435581939
+sha1=40ee2de5f7f122710673305f75421bc55bbcea0d
+md5=f13afd55f3da0a98c8b8819240984c8a
+cksum=4096202664
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
index 33a21f83ea8..7536e3d3261 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-308
+309
diff --git a/src/bin/sage-version.sh b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
index f634ccb3ff8..0a804f2cbb3 100644
--- a/src/bin/sage-version.sh
+++ b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Sage version information for shell scripts
 # This file is auto-generated by the sage-update-version script, do not edit!
-SAGE_VERSION='8.7.beta5'
-SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2019-02-24'
-SAGE_VERSION_BANNER='SageMath version 8.7.beta5, Release Date: 2019-02-24'
+SAGE_VERSION='8.7.beta6'
+SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2019-03-02'
+SAGE_VERSION_BANNER='SageMath version 8.7.beta6, Release Date: 2019-03-02'
diff --git a/src/sage/version.py b/src/sage/version.py
index 889721aae70..557ed170544 100644
--- a/src/sage/version.py
+++ b/src/sage/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Sage version information for Python scripts
 # This file is auto-generated by the sage-update-version script, do not edit!
-version = '8.7.beta5'
-date = '2019-02-24'
-banner = 'SageMath version 8.7.beta5, Release Date: 2019-02-24'
+version = '8.7.beta6'
+date = '2019-03-02'
+banner = 'SageMath version 8.7.beta6, Release Date: 2019-03-02'