diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 64de1611..960c1d94 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "password-hash"
-version = "0.6.0-pre.0"
+version = "0.6.0-rc.0"
 dependencies = [
  "base64ct",
  "rand_core",
diff --git a/password-hash/Cargo.toml b/password-hash/Cargo.toml
index a64ef0f2..543a789f 100644
--- a/password-hash/Cargo.toml
+++ b/password-hash/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Traits which describe the functionality of password hashing algorithms,
 as well as a `no_std`-friendly implementation of the PHC string format
 (a well-defined subset of the Modular Crypt Format a.k.a. MCF)
 """
-version = "0.6.0-pre.0"
+version = "0.6.0-rc.0"
 authors = ["RustCrypto Developers"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"