diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2703e8a3eca24a262afb49fe2f5d16a23528fd5d..3d1166c0cc96769c0934db219d59985455ce73d6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ find_package(GaudiProject)
 #---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Declare project name and version
-gaudi_project(DaVinci v50r5
-              USE Analysis v30r5
-                  Stripping v15r0
+gaudi_project(DaVinci v50r6
+              USE Analysis v30r6
+                  Stripping v15r1
               DATA AppConfig VERSION v3r*
                    FieldMap VERSION v5r*
                    ParamFiles VERSION v8r*
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/v50r6.md b/ReleaseNotes/v50r6.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2df373dc1eb6ce453bc0550a9e16693c657824e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReleaseNotes/v50r6.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+2019-10-10 DaVinci v50r6
+========================
+
+Development release prepared on the master branch.
+
+It is based on Gaudi v32r2, LHCb v50r6, Lbcom v30r6, Rec v30r6, Phys v30r6, Analysis v30r6 and Stripping v15r1.
+It uses LCG_96b with ROOT 6.18.04.
+
+Version identical to DaVinci v50r5 except for the dependencies update.