Version updated to 1.6; API version to 1009.
diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 68602fd..0808572 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -50,16 +50,16 @@
/* Version parsed out into numeric values */
#define PY_MAJOR_VERSION 1
-#define PY_MINOR_VERSION 5
-#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 2
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
+#define PY_MINOR_VERSION 6
+#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 0
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_ALPHA
#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 0
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "1.5.2+"
+#define PY_VERSION "1.6a0"
/* Historic */
-#define PATCHLEVEL "1.5.2+"
+#define PATCHLEVEL "1.6a0"
/* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.
Use this for numeric comparisons, e.g. #if PY_VERSION_HEX >= ... */