diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 257944205771584e0a08fed9caf8711108d19b99..9cd866f911a14f41ecbff499298a56d20d348385 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+Knot DNS 1.6.0-rc2 (2014-10-17)
+===============================
+
+Improvements:
+-------------
+ - Maximal size of persistent timers database increased from 10 MB to 100 MB
+ - Added logging of persistent timers database errors
+
+Bugfixes:
+---------
+ - Persistent timers database opening after privileges has been dropped
+
 Knot DNS 1.6.0-rc1 (2014-10-13)
 ===============================
 
@@ -6,7 +18,7 @@ Features:
  - Persistent timers for slave zones (expire, refresh, and flush)
 
 Bugfixes:
---------
+---------
  - DNSSEC: RFC compliant processing of letter case in RDATA domain names
  - EDNS: Return minimal error response for queries with unsupported version
  - EDNS: Fix interpretation of Extended RCODE
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e9546aec9c49b9397ede4611a2fd4f00a009d527..fceefe11d02dc5e99c21460ee15a54ad767764ba 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #                                               -*- Autoconf -*-
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
-AC_INIT([knot], [1.6.0-rc1], [knot-dns@labs.nic.cz])
+AC_INIT([knot], [1.6.0-rc2], [knot-dns@labs.nic.cz])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([gnits subdir-objects dist-xz -Wall -Werror])
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/knot/main.c])