diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c2f6de9019..792691530d 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v2.0.5
+v2.0.6-rc.1
diff --git a/helm/core/Chart.yaml b/helm/core/Chart.yaml
index a481189fe8..a155992233 100644
--- a/helm/core/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/core/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 apiVersion: v2
-appVersion: 2.0.5
+appVersion: 2.0.6-rc.1
 description: Helm chart for deploying higress gateways
 icon: https://higress.io/img/higress_logo_small.png
 home: http://higress.io/
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ name: higress-core
 sources:
 - http://github.com/alibaba/higress
 type: application
-version: 2.0.5
+version: 2.0.6-rc.1
diff --git a/helm/higress/Chart.yaml b/helm/higress/Chart.yaml
index 2d882b5499..7a91e1bdee 100644
--- a/helm/higress/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/higress/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 apiVersion: v2
-appVersion: 2.0.5
+appVersion: 2.0.6-rc.1
 description: Helm chart for deploying Higress gateways
 icon: https://higress.io/img/higress_logo_small.png
 home: http://higress.io/
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ sources:
 dependencies:
 - name: higress-core
   repository: "file://../core"
-  version: 2.0.5
+  version: 2.0.6-rc.1
 - name: higress-console
   repository: "https://higress.io/helm-charts/"
   version: 2.0.0
 type: application
-version: 2.0.5
+version: 2.0.6-rc.1