diff --git a/lustre/autoconf/lustre-version.ac b/lustre/autoconf/lustre-version.ac
index 9292e9edd3085b0f89642219df196308a598c0fd..b7239708613823d8f1b8669c2e68ae0c8df7f299 100644
--- a/lustre/autoconf/lustre-version.ac
+++ b/lustre/autoconf/lustre-version.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 m4_define([LUSTRE_MAJOR],[1])
 m4_define([LUSTRE_MINOR],[6])
 m4_define([LUSTRE_PATCH],[5])
-m4_define([LUSTRE_FIX],[0])
+m4_define([LUSTRE_FIX],[50])
 # Note: we're starting prerelease versions at 50 this time.
 
 dnl # liblustre delta is 0.0.1.32 , next version with fixes is ok, but