diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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-Fri Mar 1 2019 Marcin Åšlusarz <marcin.slusarz@intel.com>
+Fri Mar 15 2019 Marcin Åšlusarz <marcin.slusarz@intel.com>
 
-	* Version 1.6-rc1
+	* Version 1.6-rc2
 
 	This release:
 	- Enables unsafe shutdown and bad block detection on Linux
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-$Format:%h %d$
\ No newline at end of file
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+1.6-rc2