diff --git a/lib/mongoid/version.rb b/lib/mongoid/version.rb
index 64269ac108..148b85d2fd 100644
--- a/lib/mongoid/version.rb
+++ b/lib/mongoid/version.rb
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ module Mongoid
   #
   # Note that this file is automatically updated via `rake candidate:create`.
   # Manual changes to this file will be overwritten by that rake task.
-  VERSION = '7.5.4'
+  VERSION = '7.6.0'
 end
diff --git a/product.yml b/product.yml
index c76dee22e0..d8bb5a66ae 100644
--- a/product.yml
+++ b/product.yml
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ description: a Ruby ODM for MongoDB
 package: mongoid
 jira: https://jira.mongodb.org/projects/MONGOID
 version:
-  number: 7.5.4
+  number: 7.6.0
   file: lib/mongoid/version.rb