diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
index f56b4d4404b..76cf619d9db 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idlever.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-IDLE_VERSION = "2.6a0"
+IDLE_VERSION = "2.6a1"