diff --git a/adapters/pom.xml b/adapters/pom.xml
index 0897ec0..e6fe84f 100644
--- a/adapters/pom.xml
+++ b/adapters/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.squareup.moshi</groupId>
     <artifactId>moshi-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-RC1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>moshi-adapters</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 827323c..12b8223 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.squareup.moshi</groupId>
     <artifactId>moshi-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-RC1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>moshi-examples</artifactId>
diff --git a/kotlin-codegen/compiler/pom.xml b/kotlin-codegen/compiler/pom.xml
index 9e869eb..090a25d 100644
--- a/kotlin-codegen/compiler/pom.xml
+++ b/kotlin-codegen/compiler/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.squareup.moshi</groupId>
     <artifactId>moshi-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-RC1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/kotlin-codegen/integration-test/pom.xml b/kotlin-codegen/integration-test/pom.xml
index c8b8b2b..938037c 100644
--- a/kotlin-codegen/integration-test/pom.xml
+++ b/kotlin-codegen/integration-test/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.squareup.moshi</groupId>
     <artifactId>moshi-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-RC1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/kotlin/pom.xml b/kotlin/pom.xml
index 0c94d65..bba8066 100644
--- a/kotlin/pom.xml
+++ b/kotlin/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.squareup.moshi</groupId>
     <artifactId>moshi-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-RC1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>moshi-kotlin</artifactId>
diff --git a/moshi/pom.xml b/moshi/pom.xml
index ad32ad4..1a409e9 100644
--- a/moshi/pom.xml
+++ b/moshi/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.squareup.moshi</groupId>
     <artifactId>moshi-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.6.0-RC1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>moshi</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 50e2725..28f9188 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.squareup.moshi</groupId>
   <artifactId>moshi-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.6.0-RC1</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Moshi (Parent)</name>
   <description>A modern JSON API for Android and Java</description>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <url>https://github.com/square/moshi/</url>
     <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/square/moshi.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:square/moshi.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>moshi-parent-1.6.0-RC1</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <issueManagement>