diff --git a/Installation/include/CGAL/version.h b/Installation/include/CGAL/version.h
index 1ec57af9015..02e637c7fad 100644
--- a/Installation/include/CGAL/version.h
+++ b/Installation/include/CGAL/version.h
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
 #define CGAL_VERSION_H
 
 #ifndef SWIG
-#define CGAL_VERSION 6.1-beta2
+#define CGAL_VERSION 6.2-dev
 #define CGAL_GIT_HASH abcdef
 #endif
-#define CGAL_VERSION_NR 1060100920
+#define CGAL_VERSION_NR 1060200900
 #define CGAL_SVN_REVISION 99999
-#define CGAL_RELEASE_DATE 20250701
+#define CGAL_RELEASE_DATE 20260401
 
 #include <CGAL/version_macros.h>
 
diff --git a/Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake b/Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake
index a5a71ac0458..bcc4c96fb78 100644
--- a/Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake
+++ b/Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfigVersion.cmake
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 set(CGAL_MAJOR_VERSION 6)
-set(CGAL_MINOR_VERSION 1)
+set(CGAL_MINOR_VERSION 2)
 set(CGAL_BUGFIX_VERSION 0)
 include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CGALConfigBuildVersion.cmake)
-set(CGAL_VERSION_PUBLIC_RELEASE_VERSION "6.1-beta2")
+set(CGAL_VERSION_PUBLIC_RELEASE_VERSION "6.2-dev")
 set(CGAL_VERSION_PUBLIC_RELEASE_NAME "CGAL-${CGAL_VERSION_PUBLIC_RELEASE_VERSION}")
 
 if (CGAL_BUGFIX_VERSION AND CGAL_BUGFIX_VERSION GREATER 0)