diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 5d878b403ef..26fb0956a5e 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SageMath version 9.1.beta5, Release Date: 2020-02-21
+SageMath version 9.1.beta6, Release Date: 2020-03-01
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
index c5eedefe059..2dca2ceb877 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 tarball=configure-VERSION.tar.gz
-sha1=05fb843260876921cd8048b3aff8c5e84e0cd3fb
-md5=618ab1430d1de079c2de1064ba591b08
-cksum=1703109509
+sha1=63dd5a30099d2285ba7d8914dc6a94213e704258
+md5=767a51cc156fec7e49d08cbaefc38d24
+cksum=1354891695
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
index 3b5a101d7c8..41251af48f9 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-eb02569f2495fe9fa038ff18b2fac7282018485d
+30cb9d11bc3889744a2a27db00041d9cb40df522
diff --git a/src/bin/sage-version.sh b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
index 0e332e8817d..624b0aa65b2 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='9.1.beta5'
-SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2020-02-21'
-SAGE_VERSION_BANNER='SageMath version 9.1.beta5, Release Date: 2020-02-21'
+SAGE_VERSION='9.1.beta6'
+SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2020-03-01'
+SAGE_VERSION_BANNER='SageMath version 9.1.beta6, Release Date: 2020-03-01'
diff --git a/src/sage/version.py b/src/sage/version.py
index 537d464ddc1..238d45f36fb 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 = '9.1.beta5'
-date = '2020-02-21'
-banner = 'SageMath version 9.1.beta5, Release Date: 2020-02-21'
+version = '9.1.beta6'
+date = '2020-03-01'
+banner = 'SageMath version 9.1.beta6, Release Date: 2020-03-01'