diff --git a/wxPython/config.py b/wxPython/config.py
index 9fbb4caf45..f5d5321577 100644
--- a/wxPython/config.py
+++ b/wxPython/config.py
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ import distutils.command.clean
 VER_MAJOR        = 2      # The first three must match wxWidgets
 VER_MINOR        = 5
 VER_RELEASE      = 1
-VER_SUBREL       = 5      # wxPython release num for x.y.z release of wxWidgets
-VER_FLAGS        = ""     # release flags, such as prerelease num, unicode, etc.
+VER_SUBREL       = 6      # wxPython release num for x.y.z release of wxWidgets
+VER_FLAGS        = "p"     # release flags, such as prerelease num, unicode, etc.
 
 DESCRIPTION      = "Cross platform GUI toolkit for Python"
 AUTHOR           = "Robin Dunn"