diff --git a/utils/stc/bin/stc b/utils/stc/bin/stc
index 0d24f2d..6a838b2 100755
--- a/utils/stc/bin/stc
+++ b/utils/stc/bin/stc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 STC_ROOT=${STC_ROOT:-$(dirname $0)/..}
 cd $STC_ROOT
-VER=1.6.0-rc2
+VER=1.6.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 PATH=$PWD/bin:$PATH
 
diff --git a/utils/stc/pom.xml b/utils/stc/pom.xml
index 3620e16..f92043e 100644
--- a/utils/stc/pom.xml
+++ b/utils/stc/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
         <artifactId>onlab-utils</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.0-rc2</version>
+        <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>onlab-stc</artifactId>