diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 012e9837..43077bc9 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ android {
         applicationId "com.nutomic.syncthingandroid"
         minSdkVersion 16
         targetSdkVersion 28
-        versionCode 4227
-        versionName "1.5.0"
+        versionCode 4228
+        versionName "1.6.0-rc.1"
         testApplicationId 'com.nutomic.syncthingandroid.test'
         testInstrumentationRunner 'android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner'
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/play/release-notes/en-GB/default.txt b/app/src/main/play/release-notes/en-GB/default.txt
index 28ad9611..e134c7c3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/play/release-notes/en-GB/default.txt
+++ b/app/src/main/play/release-notes/en-GB/default.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-* Update Syncthing to v1.5.0 ( https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/releases/tag/v1.5.0 )
+* Update Syncthing to v1.6.0-rc.1 ( https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/releases/tag/v1.6.0-rc.1 )