diff --git a/META b/META
index 86cab58d3b..9181ce7bd4 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Meta:          1
 Name:          zfs
 Branch:        1.0
 Version:       2.1.0
-Release:       rc5
+Release:       rc6
 Release-Tags:  relext
 License:       CDDL
 Author:        OpenZFS