diff --git a/.ci/bwcVersions b/.ci/bwcVersions
index 058cb8016f3..fa20981814e 100644
--- a/.ci/bwcVersions
+++ b/.ci/bwcVersions
@@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ BWC_VERSION:
   - "7.3.2"
   - "7.4.0"
   - "7.4.1"
+  - "7.5.0"
diff --git a/buildSrc/version.properties b/buildSrc/version.properties
index 404ea31a95e..652b72f78d4 100644
--- a/buildSrc/version.properties
+++ b/buildSrc/version.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-elasticsearch     = 7.5.0
+elasticsearch     = 7.6.0
 lucene            = 8.2.0
 
 bundled_jdk_vendor = adoptopenjdk
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java
index c6714e22450..d4860af9c17 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ public class Version implements Comparable<Version>, ToXContentFragment {
     public static final Version V_7_4_0 = new Version(7040099, org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_8_2_0);
     public static final Version V_7_4_1 = new Version(7040199, org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_8_2_0);
     public static final Version V_7_5_0 = new Version(7050099, org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_8_2_0);
-    public static final Version CURRENT = V_7_5_0;
+    public static final Version V_7_6_0 = new Version(7060099, org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_8_2_0);
+    public static final Version CURRENT = V_7_6_0;
 
     private static final ImmutableOpenIntMap<Version> idToVersion;