Version 2.17.0-6.0.dev

Merge commit '226d3c69f4de8ecd784a03c611d33d9a8e15badf' into 'dev'
diff --git a/tools/VERSION b/tools/VERSION
index a01ba5f..dbe4c2a 100644
--- a/tools/VERSION
+++ b/tools/VERSION
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 #  * Making cherry-picks to stable channel
 #     - increase PATCH by 1
 #
-CHANNEL be
+CHANNEL dev
 MAJOR 2
 MINOR 17
 PATCH 0
-PRERELEASE 0
-PRERELEASE_PATCH 0
+PRERELEASE 6
+PRERELEASE_PATCH 0
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