diff --git a/spyder/__init__.py b/spyder/__init__.py
index 947594672b9..60c81ceba86 100644
--- a/spyder/__init__.py
+++ b/spyder/__init__.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 from packaging.version import parse
 
-version_info = (6, 0, 3, "a1", "dev0")
+version_info = (6, 0, 3, "rc1")
 
 __version__ = str(parse('.'.join(map(str, version_info))))
 __installer_version__ = __version__