diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 40e8a6ef..fc83916d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fractal"
-version = "6.0.0-beta"
+version = "6.0.0-rc"
 dependencies = [
  "ashpd",
  "djb_hash",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 765ed962..4f2bd262 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "fractal"
-version = "6.0.0-beta"
+version = "6.0.0-rc"
 authors = ["Julian Sparber <julian@sparber.net>"]
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.70"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e80e0d6..4918dc14 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ You can get the official Fractal Flatpak from Flathub.
 
 ### Beta version
 
-The current beta version is 6.beta (released December 21st 2023).
+The current beta version is 6.rc (released January 4th 2024).
 
 It is available as a Flatpak on Flathub Beta.
 
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.Fractal.metainfo.xml.in.in b/data/org.gnome.Fractal.metainfo.xml.in.in
index 3ef1787a..c3d332f5 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.Fractal.metainfo.xml.in.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.Fractal.metainfo.xml.in.in
@@ -65,6 +65,46 @@
   </content_rating>
 
   <releases>@development-release@
+    <release version="6~rc" type="development" date="2024-01-04">
+      <description>
+        <p>
+          It is a new year 🎆️, and what better to way to celebrate this than to release Fractal
+          6.rc? It has been only 2 weeks since our latest beta release, but we have been hard at
+          work during the holidays.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Here is an excerpt:
+        </p>
+        <ul>
+          <li>
+            Matrix URIs can be opened with Fractal, it is even registered as a handler for the
+            matrix scheme
+          </li>
+          <li>
+            Our Join Room dialog now shows some room details as a preview upon entering an
+            identifier or URI
+          </li>
+          <li>
+            The verification flow was rewritten to rely more on the Matrix Rust SDK, hopefully
+            solving most issues that occurred before
+          </li>
+          <li>
+            Room members now have a profile page that allows, among other things, to kick, ban or
+            ignore them
+          </li>
+          <li>Speaking of ignoring users, the list can be managed from the account settings</li>
+          <li>
+            The dialog to view an event’s source was reworked to show more details about the
+            event
+          </li>
+        </ul>
+        <p>
+          … and a lot of other improvements, fixes and new translations thanks to all our
+          contributors, and our upstream projects. As the version implies, it should be mostly
+          stable and we expect to only include minor improvements until the release of Fractal 6.
+        </p>
+      </description>
+    </release>
     <release version="6~beta" type="development" date="2023-12-21">
       <description>
         <p>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 83487d8c..92633864 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('fractal',
         'rust',
-        version: '6.beta',
+        version: '6.rc',
         license: 'GPL-3.0-or-later',
         meson_version: '>= 0.59')
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ base_id = 'org.gnome.Fractal'
 application_id = base_id
 
 major_version = '6'
-pre_release_version = 'beta'
+pre_release_version = 'rc'
 
 version = major_version
 if pre_release_version != ''