diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4188783b..29655d7c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # sqlite3-ruby Changelog
 
-## 1.6.0 / unreleased
+## 1.6.0 / 2023-01-13
 
 ### Ruby
 
diff --git a/lib/sqlite3/version.rb b/lib/sqlite3/version.rb
index 7152f899..98b123a3 100644
--- a/lib/sqlite3/version.rb
+++ b/lib/sqlite3/version.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 module SQLite3
 
-  VERSION = "1.6.0.rc2"
+  VERSION = "1.6.0"
 
   module VersionProxy
     MAJOR = 1
     MINOR = 6
     TINY  = 0
-    BUILD = "rc2"
+    BUILD = nil
 
     STRING = [ MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, BUILD ].compact.join( "." )
 
diff --git a/rakelib/native.rake b/rakelib/native.rake
index 7205c624..f72e072f 100644
--- a/rakelib/native.rake
+++ b/rakelib/native.rake
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ namespace "gem" do
   cross_platforms.each do |platform|
     desc "build native gem for #{platform}"
     task platform do
-      ENV["RCD_IMAGE"] = "ghcr.io/rake-compiler/rake-compiler-dock-snapshot:#{platform}"
       RakeCompilerDock.sh(<<~EOF, platform: platform, verbose: true)
         gem install bundler --no-document &&
         bundle &&