diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## v1.6.0-rc.1 / 2019-04-23
+
+* [BUGFIX] Use k8s.io/api/apps/v1 for DaemonSet, Deployment and StatefulSet reflector (#720).
+
 ## v1.6.0-rc.0 / 2019-04-05
 
 * [FEATURE] Add `kube_replicaset_labels` to replicaset collector (#638).
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.0-rc.0
+1.6.0-rc.1