diff --git a/app/upgrades/types.go b/app/upgrades/types.go
index 46d286afe..7fe437dba 100644
--- a/app/upgrades/types.go
+++ b/app/upgrades/types.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const (
 	V010600rc0UpgradeName   = "v1.6.0-rc0"
 	V010600rc1UpgradeName   = "v1.6.0-rc1"
 	V010601rc0UpgradeName   = "v1.6.1-rc0"
-	V010601rc1UpgradeName   = "v1.6.1-rc1"
+	V010601rc2UpgradeName   = "v1.6.1-rc2"
 
 	// mainnet upgrades
 	V010217UpgradeName = "v1.2.17"
diff --git a/app/upgrades/upgrades.go b/app/upgrades/upgrades.go
index 8f2e4799d..254fc712e 100644
--- a/app/upgrades/upgrades.go
+++ b/app/upgrades/upgrades.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func Upgrades() []Upgrade {
 		{UpgradeName: V010600beta1UpgradeName, CreateUpgradeHandler: V010600beta1UpgradeHandler},
 		{UpgradeName: V010600rc0UpgradeName, CreateUpgradeHandler: V010600rc0UpgradeHandler},
 		{UpgradeName: V010601rc0UpgradeName, CreateUpgradeHandler: V010601rc0UpgradeHandler},
-		{UpgradeName: V010601rc1UpgradeName, CreateUpgradeHandler: V010601rc0UpgradeHandler}, // this name mismatch is intentional, as we want to rerun the upgrade after resolving some issues.
+		{UpgradeName: V010601rc2UpgradeName, CreateUpgradeHandler: V010601rc0UpgradeHandler}, // this name mismatch is intentional, as we want to rerun the upgrade after resolving some issues.
 
 		// v1.5: this needs to be present to support upgrade on mainnet
 		{UpgradeName: V010500UpgradeName, CreateUpgradeHandler: V010500UpgradeHandler},