diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 27e11bfa..94226924 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ For a complete changelog, see:
 * https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/commits/
 * https://bitbucket.org/xi/pyyaml/commits/
 
+6.0.2rc1 (2024-06-10)
+
+* https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/pull/808 -- Support for Cython 3.x and Python 3.13
+
 6.0.1 (2023-07-18)
 
 * https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/pull/702 -- pin Cython build dep to < 3.0
diff --git a/lib/yaml/__init__.py b/lib/yaml/__init__.py
index 82493619..93291f36 100644
--- a/lib/yaml/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/yaml/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from .loader import *
 from .dumper import *
 
-__version__ = '6.0.1'
+__version__ = '6.0.2rc1'
 try:
     from .cyaml import *
     __with_libyaml__ = True
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cf692826..09fecb8e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 NAME = 'PyYAML'
-VERSION = '6.0.1'
+VERSION = '6.0.2rc1'
 DESCRIPTION = "YAML parser and emitter for Python"
 LONG_DESCRIPTION = """\
 YAML is a data serialization format designed for human readability