diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 15458521..97fe3b5a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ DIST_DIR ?= $(CURDIR)/dist
 
 LIB_NAME := nvidia-container-toolkit
 LIB_VERSION := 1.6.0
-LIB_TAG ?= rc.2
+LIB_TAG ?= rc.3
 
 GOLANG_VERSION := 1.16.3
 MODULE := github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit
diff --git a/build/container/Makefile b/build/container/Makefile
index 065ce6dd..ed036156 100644
--- a/build/container/Makefile
+++ b/build/container/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ DIST_DIR ?= $(CURDIR)/dist
 # TODO: These should be defined ONCE and currently duplicate the version in the
 # toolkit makefile.
 LIB_VERSION := 1.6.0
-LIB_TAG := rc.2
+LIB_TAG := rc.3
 
 VERSION ?= $(LIB_VERSION)$(if $(LIB_TAG),-$(LIB_TAG))
 
diff --git a/packaging/debian/changelog b/packaging/debian/changelog
index 7cda74a0..26ea10b6 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/changelog
+++ b/packaging/debian/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
+nvidia-container-toolkit (1.6.0~rc.3-1) experimental; urgency=medium
+
+  * Move OCI and command line checks for runtime to internal oci package
+
+ -- NVIDIA CORPORATION <cudatools@nvidia.com>  Mon, 15 Nov 2021 13:02:23 +0100
+
 nvidia-container-toolkit (1.6.0~rc.2-1) experimental; urgency=medium
 
   * Use relative path to OCI specification file (config.json) if bundle path is not specified as an argument to the nvidia-container-runtime
 
- -- NVIDIA CORPORATION <cudatools@nvidia.com>  Tue, 26 Oct 2021 12:24:05 +0200
+ -- NVIDIA CORPORATION <cudatools@nvidia.com>  Fri, 05 Nov 2021 12:24:05 +0200
 
 nvidia-container-toolkit (1.6.0~rc.1-1) experimental; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/SPECS/nvidia-container-toolkit.spec b/packaging/rpm/SPECS/nvidia-container-toolkit.spec
index 2e0bd3db..93f78b6d 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/SPECS/nvidia-container-toolkit.spec
+++ b/packaging/rpm/SPECS/nvidia-container-toolkit.spec
@@ -64,8 +64,11 @@ rm -f %{_bindir}/nvidia-container-runtime-hook
 /usr/share/containers/oci/hooks.d/oci-nvidia-hook.json
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Nov 15 2021 NVIDIA CORPORATION <cudatools@nvidia.com> 1.6.0-0.1.rc.3
 
-* Tue Oct 26 2021 NVIDIA CORPORATION <cudatools@nvidia.com> 1.6.0-0.1.rc.2
+- Move OCI and command line checks for runtime to internal oci package
+
+* Fri Nov 05 2021 NVIDIA CORPORATION <cudatools@nvidia.com> 1.6.0-0.1.rc.2
 
 - Use relative path to OCI specification file (config.json) if bundle path is not specified as an argument to the nvidia-container-runtime