diff --git a/version/rawversion/version.go b/version/rawversion/version.go
index 612a905e31..fd94791283 100644
--- a/version/rawversion/version.go
+++ b/version/rawversion/version.go
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ package rawversion
 //
 // This indirection is needed to prevent semver packages from bloating
 // Quadlet's binary size.
-const RawVersion = "6.1.0-dev"
+const RawVersion = "6.1.0-rc1"