diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6ca61ab..dc85c9a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ These images are **not** Buildout based!
 | Plone Version | Tags | Dockerfile |
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | 6 | `6.0.13`, `6.0`, `6`, `latest` | [(6.0.x/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/plone/plone-backend/blob/v6.0.13/Dockerfile)|
-| 6.1 | `6.1.0b2`, `6.1` | [(6.1.x/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/plone/plone-backend/blob/v6.1.0b2/Dockerfile)|
+| 6.1 | `6.1.0rc1`, `6.1` | [(6.1.x/Dockerfile)](https://github.com/plone/plone-backend/blob/v6.1.0rc1/Dockerfile)|
 | 6 (nightly) | `nightly` |  [(Dockerfile.nightly)](https://github.com/plone/plone-backend/blob/6.0.x/Dockerfile.nightly) |
 
 ### Unsupported tags
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 9db3a8b..0749d93 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.1.0b2
+6.1.0rc1