diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 08f3765..90b8268 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ script:
 - cd ..
 - git clone https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web.git
 - cd riot-web
-- git checkout v1.5.15
+- git checkout v1.6.0-rc.6
 - cp config.sample.json config.json
 - yarn install
 - yarn build:electron:linux
diff --git a/im.vector.riot-web.appdata.xml b/im.vector.riot-web.appdata.xml
index 5f9aad6..69330b0 100644
--- a/im.vector.riot-web.appdata.xml
+++ b/im.vector.riot-web.appdata.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
      <binary>riot-web</binary>
  </provides>
  <releases>
+   <release version="1.6.0-rc.6" date="2020-05-05">
+     <description>Update to current release version</description>
+   </release>
    <release version="1.5.15" date="2020-04-03">
      <description>Update to current release version</description>
    </release>
diff --git a/riot-web.desktop b/riot-web.desktop
index eb27e5d..1210aa9 100644
--- a/riot-web.desktop
+++ b/riot-web.desktop
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ Terminal=false
 Type=Application
 Icon=riot-web
 StartupWMClass=riot
-X-AppImage-Version=1.5.15
+X-AppImage-Version=1.6.0-rc.6
 Comment=A feature-rich client for Matrix.org
 Categories=Network;InstantMessaging;Chat;