diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 7c31fd13f05..a4eaeb56424 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ title: SageMath
 abstract: SageMath is a free open-source mathematics software system.
 authors:
 - name: "The SageMath Developers"
-version: 10.2.beta5
+version: 10.2.beta6
 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.593563
-date-released: 2023-09-27
+date-released: 2023-10-08
 repository-code: "https://github.com/sagemath/sage"
 url: "https://www.sagemath.org/"
diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 3b70b866392..9d2185159cb 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SageMath version 10.2.beta5, Release Date: 2023-09-27
+SageMath version 10.2.beta6, Release Date: 2023-10-08
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
index f6feef844de..ad369deb69c 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 tarball=configure-VERSION.tar.gz
-sha1=96468a2d2ec8ee319095f3d2abd73e5f1ec7829d
-md5=87391217b5c82275e1cb581721877eec
-cksum=370856230
+sha1=80b6c2edf3aeb03b8de332fe07b2ddcad876ed28
+md5=7c474b8e08f3091d418d31188b991c3b
+cksum=1679121244
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
index 886c67921da..07fa92b1e0b 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-b01856309bcb0d25e9cf830da19fa1cdd24df2bf
+46997739f9bf574d94ce7e9bea5fd6a05bacf922
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sage_conf/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sage_conf/install-requires.txt
index f38cdee4efc..1a1aeb82ccf 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sage_conf/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sage_conf/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sage-conf ~= 10.2b5
+sage-conf ~= 10.2b6
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sage_docbuild/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sage_docbuild/install-requires.txt
index 62965fd0775..835830b3029 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sage_docbuild/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sage_docbuild/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sage-docbuild ~= 10.2b5
+sage-docbuild ~= 10.2b6
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sage_setup/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sage_setup/install-requires.txt
index 42ef7aa07f9..b6780898e72 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sage_setup/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sage_setup/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sage-setup ~= 10.2b5
+sage-setup ~= 10.2b6
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sage_sws2rst/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sage_sws2rst/install-requires.txt
index 8c3cca6a40a..8529dd6a649 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sage_sws2rst/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sage_sws2rst/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sage-sws2rst ~= 10.2b5
+sage-sws2rst ~= 10.2b6
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagelib/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagelib/install-requires.txt
index 981188d32ca..fa3739fb0e2 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagelib/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagelib/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-standard ~= 10.2b5
+sagemath-standard ~= 10.2b6
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_bliss/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_bliss/install-requires.txt
index eaf783b463d..a183832680d 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_bliss/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_bliss/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-bliss ~= 10.2b5
+sagemath-bliss ~= 10.2b6
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_categories/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_categories/install-requires.txt
index 6f9c7bce7d6..deb3d72aaf6 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_categories/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_categories/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-categories ~= 10.2b5
+sagemath-categories ~= 10.2b6
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_coxeter3/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_coxeter3/install-requires.txt
index 79e17497045..b91e7012431 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_coxeter3/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_coxeter3/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-coxeter3 ~= 10.2b5
+sagemath-coxeter3 ~= 10.2b6
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_environment/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_environment/install-requires.txt
index 5e7993d773b..f874eb9227e 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_environment/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_environment/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-environment ~= 10.2b5
+sagemath-environment ~= 10.2b6
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_mcqd/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_mcqd/install-requires.txt
index cf817314c08..8de59efbee8 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_mcqd/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_mcqd/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-mcqd ~= 10.2b5
+sagemath-mcqd ~= 10.2b6
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_meataxe/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_meataxe/install-requires.txt
index 97b6bb48c9c..0e8a89d1a73 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_meataxe/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_meataxe/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-meataxe ~= 10.2b5
+sagemath-meataxe ~= 10.2b6
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_objects/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_objects/install-requires.txt
index 99b0309ee9e..e35a3687836 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_objects/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_objects/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-objects ~= 10.2b5
+sagemath-objects ~= 10.2b6
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_repl/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_repl/install-requires.txt
index 9dab260bb52..1a3de989424 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_repl/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_repl/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-repl ~= 10.2b5
+sagemath-repl ~= 10.2b6
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_sirocco/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_sirocco/install-requires.txt
index 7b67a383e35..fd64729fbea 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_sirocco/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_sirocco/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-sirocco ~= 10.2b5
+sagemath-sirocco ~= 10.2b6
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_tdlib/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_tdlib/install-requires.txt
index a5f0a2240a4..62ca038c083 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_tdlib/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_tdlib/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-tdlib ~= 10.2b5
+sagemath-tdlib ~= 10.2b6
diff --git a/pkgs/sage-conf/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sage-conf/VERSION.txt
index 7786f0e63e4..71e18f87543 100644
--- a/pkgs/sage-conf/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sage-conf/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.2.beta5
+10.2.beta6
diff --git a/pkgs/sage-conf_conda/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sage-conf_conda/VERSION.txt
index 7786f0e63e4..71e18f87543 100644
--- a/pkgs/sage-conf_conda/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sage-conf_conda/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.2.beta5
+10.2.beta6
diff --git a/pkgs/sage-conf_pypi/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sage-conf_pypi/VERSION.txt
index 7786f0e63e4..71e18f87543 100644
--- a/pkgs/sage-conf_pypi/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sage-conf_pypi/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.2.beta5
+10.2.beta6
diff --git a/pkgs/sage-docbuild/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sage-docbuild/VERSION.txt
index 7786f0e63e4..71e18f87543 100644
--- a/pkgs/sage-docbuild/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sage-docbuild/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.2.beta5
+10.2.beta6
diff --git a/pkgs/sage-setup/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sage-setup/VERSION.txt
index 7786f0e63e4..71e18f87543 100644
--- a/pkgs/sage-setup/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sage-setup/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.2.beta5
+10.2.beta6
diff --git a/pkgs/sage-sws2rst/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sage-sws2rst/VERSION.txt
index 7786f0e63e4..71e18f87543 100644
--- a/pkgs/sage-sws2rst/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sage-sws2rst/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.2.beta5
+10.2.beta6
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-bliss/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-bliss/VERSION.txt
index 7786f0e63e4..71e18f87543 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-bliss/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-bliss/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.2.beta5
+10.2.beta6
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-categories/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-categories/VERSION.txt
index 7786f0e63e4..71e18f87543 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-categories/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-categories/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.2.beta5
+10.2.beta6
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-coxeter3/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-coxeter3/VERSION.txt
index 7786f0e63e4..71e18f87543 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-coxeter3/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-coxeter3/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.2.beta5
+10.2.beta6
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-environment/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-environment/VERSION.txt
index 7786f0e63e4..71e18f87543 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-environment/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-environment/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.2.beta5
+10.2.beta6
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-mcqd/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-mcqd/VERSION.txt
index 7786f0e63e4..71e18f87543 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-mcqd/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-mcqd/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.2.beta5
+10.2.beta6
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-meataxe/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-meataxe/VERSION.txt
index 7786f0e63e4..71e18f87543 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-meataxe/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-meataxe/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.2.beta5
+10.2.beta6
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-objects/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-objects/VERSION.txt
index 7786f0e63e4..71e18f87543 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-objects/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-objects/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.2.beta5
+10.2.beta6
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-repl/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-repl/VERSION.txt
index 7786f0e63e4..71e18f87543 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-repl/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-repl/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.2.beta5
+10.2.beta6
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-sirocco/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-sirocco/VERSION.txt
index 7786f0e63e4..71e18f87543 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-sirocco/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-sirocco/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.2.beta5
+10.2.beta6
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-tdlib/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-tdlib/VERSION.txt
index 7786f0e63e4..71e18f87543 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-tdlib/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-tdlib/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.2.beta5
+10.2.beta6
diff --git a/src/VERSION.txt b/src/VERSION.txt
index 7786f0e63e4..71e18f87543 100644
--- a/src/VERSION.txt
+++ b/src/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-10.2.beta5
+10.2.beta6
diff --git a/src/bin/sage-version.sh b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
index 3bc82696a62..cb6b55a9f90 100644
--- a/src/bin/sage-version.sh
+++ b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 # which stops "setup.py develop" from rewriting it as a Python file.
 :
 # This file is auto-generated by the sage-update-version script, do not edit!
-SAGE_VERSION='10.2.beta5'
-SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2023-09-27'
-SAGE_VERSION_BANNER='SageMath version 10.2.beta5, Release Date: 2023-09-27'
+SAGE_VERSION='10.2.beta6'
+SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2023-10-08'
+SAGE_VERSION_BANNER='SageMath version 10.2.beta6, Release Date: 2023-10-08'
diff --git a/src/sage/version.py b/src/sage/version.py
index 659a7932e4e..338430c34c8 100644
--- a/src/sage/version.py
+++ b/src/sage/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Sage version information for Python scripts
 # This file is auto-generated by the sage-update-version script, do not edit!
-version = '10.2.beta5'
-date = '2023-09-27'
-banner = 'SageMath version 10.2.beta5, Release Date: 2023-09-27'
+version = '10.2.beta6'
+date = '2023-10-08'
+banner = 'SageMath version 10.2.beta6, Release Date: 2023-10-08'