diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2659c549541..a98f2f0345f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
-## [next]
+## 1.0.0-rc6
  - Use `Offset` type directly in `JoystickAction.update` calculations
  - Changed `parseAnchor` in `examples/widgets` to throw an exception instead of returning null when it cannot parse an anchor name
  - Code improvements and preparing APIs to null-safety
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dbeb2c7cf9b..ae715fa04a7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Use this version to get a preview of how the new Flame version will be and also
 
 Checkout the branches `develop-v0.x` and `master-v0.x` for the current last 0.x version. However no new updates will be added to v0 except for bugfixes.
 
-The current v1 release is `1.0.0-rc5` on pub. The last stable version so far is `0.28.0`. Feel free to choose the one that better suits your need.
+The current v1 release is `1.0.0-rc6` on pub. The last stable version so far is `0.28.0`. Feel free to choose the one that better suits your need.
 
 ---
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Note that the documentation in the master branch of this repo is newer than the
 Here you can find the documentation for different versions:
 - Latest stable version: [Flame-engine website](https://flame-engine.org/)
 - Latest stable version: [GitHub docs](https://github.com/flame-engine/flame/tree/master-v0.x/doc)
-- Latest v1.0.0 version: [GitHub docs](https://github.com/flame-engine/flame/tree/1.0.0-rc5/doc)
+- Latest v1.0.0 version: [GitHub docs](https://github.com/flame-engine/flame/tree/1.0.0-rc6/doc)
 
 The complete documentation can be found [here](doc/README.md).
 
diff --git a/doc/README.md b/doc/README.md
index bfc38e346f6..0235eb22309 100644
--- a/doc/README.md
+++ b/doc/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Put the pub package as your dependency by dropping the following in your `pubspe
 
 ```yaml
 dependencies:
-  flame: ^1.0.0-rc5
+  flame: ^1.0.0-rc6
 ```
 
 And start using it!
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 67ce7b8ebe4..1d5e110f42c 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: flame
 description: A minimalist Flutter game engine, provides a nice set of somewhat independent modules you can choose from.
-version: 1.0.0-rc5
+version: 1.0.0-rc6
 homepage: https://github.com/flame-engine/flame
 
 dependencies: