diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 931b822c86ae703c2508ed25790c84a09eae47a6..c29c28814851e5ffb5cd95606f714b5b89add999 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <VersionPrefix>6.0.0</VersionPrefix>
-    <PreReleaseVersionLabel>preview</PreReleaseVersionLabel>
-    <PreReleaseVersionIteration>7</PreReleaseVersionIteration>
+    <PreReleaseVersionLabel>rc</PreReleaseVersionLabel>
+    <PreReleaseVersionIteration>1</PreReleaseVersionIteration>
     <SystemIOPackagingVersion>6.0.0-preview.7.21365.2</SystemIOPackagingVersion>
     <SystemResourcesExtensionsVersion>6.0.0-preview.7.21365.2</SystemResourcesExtensionsVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>