diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 2e26e378..bb1d7381 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    locomotivecms_steam (1.6.0.beta1)
+    locomotivecms_steam (1.6.0.rc1)
       RedCloth (~> 4.3.2)
       autoprefixer-rails (~> 8.0.0)
       bcrypt (~> 3.1.11)
diff --git a/lib/locomotive/steam/version.rb b/lib/locomotive/steam/version.rb
index 2b70aed0..33e833e3 100644
--- a/lib/locomotive/steam/version.rb
+++ b/lib/locomotive/steam/version.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 # 1.0.0.alpha < 1.0.0.alpha1 < 1.0.0.beta < 1.0.0.beta2 < 1.0.0.beta11 < 1.0.0.rc1 < 1.0.0
 module Locomotive
   module Steam
-    VERSION = '1.6.0.beta1'
+    VERSION = '1.6.0.rc1'
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/unit/middlewares/cache_spec.rb b/spec/unit/middlewares/cache_spec.rb
index 09da9800..0f934218 100644
--- a/spec/unit/middlewares/cache_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/middlewares/cache_spec.rb
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@
 
       let(:response) { nil }
 
-      before { expect(cache).to receive(:read).with('9c535e0c37793cf8134e8b88b2517197').and_return(response) }
+      before { expect(cache).to receive(:read).with('7cf53dab8a56bd5d2cbf7610101514fd').and_return(response) }
 
       context 'the cache is empty' do
 
-        before { expect(cache).to receive(:write).with('9c535e0c37793cf8134e8b88b2517197', Marshal.dump([200, {}, ["Hello world!"]])) }
+        before { expect(cache).to receive(:write).with('7cf53dab8a56bd5d2cbf7610101514fd', Marshal.dump([200, {}, ["Hello world!"]])) }
 
         it 'tells the CDN to cache the page and also cache it internally' do
           is_expected.to eq ['max-age=0, s-maxage=3600, public, must-revalidate', 'Accept-Language']
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 
           subject { send_request[:env]['steam.cache_etag'] }
 
-          it { is_expected.to eq '9c535e0c37793cf8134e8b88b2517197' }
+          it { is_expected.to eq '7cf53dab8a56bd5d2cbf7610101514fd' }
 
         end
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
       context 'based on the ETag' do
 
-        let(:etag) { '9c535e0c37793cf8134e8b88b2517197' }
+        let(:etag) { '7cf53dab8a56bd5d2cbf7610101514fd' }
 
         it 'returns a 304 (Not modified) without no cache headers' do
           expect(subject.first).to eq 304