diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 8816954c29b38a..cdb0e578d901bd 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
                                History of Changes
 
 
+Daniel (29 January 2001)
+- Yet another Content-Range change. Ok now? Bob Schader checks from his end.
+
 Daniel (27 January 2001)
 - So the HTTP PUT resume fix wasn't good. There should appearantly be a
   Content-Range header when resuming a PUT.
diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h
index b23dae77db2999..cbfc3e1db597fc 100644
--- a/include/curl/curl.h
+++ b/include/curl/curl.h
@@ -452,8 +452,8 @@ char *curl_getenv(char *variable);
 char *curl_version(void);
 
 /* This is the version number */
-#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.6"
-#define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x070600
+#define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.6.1-pre1"
+#define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x070601
 
 /* linked-list structure for the CURLOPT_QUOTE option (and other) */
 struct curl_slist {
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 742155a0e1f251..00524178cad0f5 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #define CURL_NAME "curl"
-#define CURL_VERSION "7.6"
+#define CURL_VERSION "7.6.1-pre1"
 #define CURL_ID CURL_NAME " " CURL_VERSION " (" OS ") "