diff --git a/databases/redis-devel/Makefile b/databases/redis-devel/Makefile
index d2b76d9a6a35..65b2cefcc0d0 100644
--- a/databases/redis-devel/Makefile
+++ b/databases/redis-devel/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	redis
-DISTVERSION=	2.8.0-rc5
+DISTVERSION=	2.8.0-rc6
 CATEGORIES=	databases
 MASTER_SITES=	http://download.redis.io/releases/
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-devel
diff --git a/databases/redis-devel/distinfo b/databases/redis-devel/distinfo
index 4736d7da4da4..a842e9bba19c 100644
--- a/databases/redis-devel/distinfo
+++ b/databases/redis-devel/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (redis-2.8.0-rc5.tar.gz) = 83b3e9ea10ebfff3ab1f78ed38fc255eea65ba5dab0bb056e9c140f3d056c635
-SIZE (redis-2.8.0-rc5.tar.gz) = 1035790
+SHA256 (redis-2.8.0-rc6.tar.gz) = e3b1799b956733b5cbf9c52a590fe7148777adb3809ee7a5036b13c2ced30238
+SIZE (redis-2.8.0-rc6.tar.gz) = 1043128