diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index c2c2a8ce93..1e9d17d06b 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,49 @@
+- Changelog for v1.6.0-rc2 (2019-09-24)
+  * Add release notes for new-in-RC2 changes
+  * system tests: run test: reenable and fix
+  * play kube: Only support pod kind in k8s yaml
+  * runtime: fix logic to disable SDNotify
+  * add list mount tests
+  * Make netns bind mount shared
+  * Add Kata Containers support
+  * rootless: Rearrange setup of rootless containers
+  * Document the 'system' event types for 'podman events'
+  * Cirrus: Add upload_snap to success dependencies
+  * Cirrus: Add snapcraft credentials
+  * Cirrus: Upload snap only on merges to master
+  * Cirrus: Push snap continuously
+  * exec: set HOME also with exec sessions
+  * execuser: look at the source for /etc/{passwd,group} overrides
+  * We need to convert libpod.conf files in user homedir for cgroupv2
+  * Cirrus: Temporarily disable testing on Ubuntu 19
+  * Cirrus: disable Evil Units in base-images
+  * Cirrus: Add latest ubuntu
+  * Cirrus: More podbot/success improvements
+  * Cirrus: Fix success script
+  * Cirrus: Update podbot credentials
+  * container: make sure $HOME is always set
+  * Move rootless and Mac to Tutorials page
+  * fix trivial type for event logger
+  * Support podman-remote help on windows
+  * Clean destination paths during mount generation
+  * tests: use crun package
+  * Add a note on systemd shortcomings in rootless containers
+  * support non-standard ssh port for remote-client
+  * Add links to the Mac tutorial in the main tutorial
+  * Vendor c/storage 1.13.3
+  * System-test: Temporarily disable 030-run
+  * Fix exit code failure
+  * exec: fix --preserve-fds
+  * networking: use --enable-sandbox if available
+  * Add 'relabel' to --mount options
+  * Bump Gitvalidation epoch
+  * Bump to v1.6.0-dev
+  * Unmounting a container that is already unmounted is OK
+  * Check for rootless before checking cgroups version in spec_test.
+  * Skip spec_test for rootless envs without cgroup v2.
+  * fix unit test to use Expect
+  * Cirrus: Prevent resident pollution
+
 - Changelog for v1.6.0-rc1 (2019-09-16)
   * Fix default to pause in podman cp
   * Update release notes for v1.6.0
diff --git a/contrib/spec/podman.spec.in b/contrib/spec/podman.spec.in
index 6ac324499f..12f5442b86 100644
--- a/contrib/spec/podman.spec.in
+++ b/contrib/spec/podman.spec.in
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 %global shortcommit_conmon %(c=%{commit_conmon}; echo ${c:0:7})
 
 Name: podman
-Version: 1.6.0
+Version: 1.6.0-rc2
 Release: #COMMITDATE#.git%{shortcommit0}%{?dist}
 Summary: Manage Pods, Containers and Container Images
 License: ASL 2.0
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 348a69594a..ae44b71a59 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ package version
 // NOTE: remember to bump the version at the top
 // of the top-level README.md file when this is
 // bumped.
-const Version = "1.6.0-dev"
+const Version = "1.6.0-rc2"
 
 // RemoteAPIVersion is the version for the remote
 // client API.  It is used to determine compatibility