diff --git a/src/datumaro/version.py b/src/datumaro/version.py
index a8e8318790..c1aeab2d72 100644
--- a/src/datumaro/version.py
+++ b/src/datumaro/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.6.0rc0"
+__version__ = "1.6.0rc1"