prepare for 2.6.0-rc1
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4fc86c0..b607ed4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-annotations</name>
-  <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.6.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
   <description>Core annotations used for value types, used by Jackson data binding package.
   </description>