diff --git a/META b/META
index 0a2ad8a65..59f8b34b8 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ Meta:         1
 Name:         spl
 Branch:       1.0
 Version:      0.6.0
-Release:      1
+Release:      rc1
 Release-Tags: relext