diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_candidate.yml b/.github/workflows/release_candidate.yml
index e5d4a763c..f0b80156b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_candidate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_candidate.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ name: release candidate (RC)
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - 'release/*.*.*-RC*'
+      - 'release/v*.*.*-RC*'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b793a2199..fedf5df91 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,65 +1,45 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## unreleased
+## 1.6.0-RC1
+
+### Change
 
-- Project Structure
-  - Moved out shared components and source folders to root level
-- App Subscription
-  - Add "Detail Data" Button and Overlay
-  - Refracting Activate Subscription Page
-  - Add App Filter Search Functionality
 - App Release Process
   - validate and publish style updates
   - updated language endpoint changed structure
 - Service Release Process
   - Skip technical integration for serviceTypeIds(consultancy)
+
+### Feature
+
+- App Subscription
+  - Add "Detail Data" Button and Overlay
+  - Refracting Activate Subscription Page
+  - Add App Filter Search Functionality
 - User Account & My User Account
   - Add Admin Info
-- App Detail
-  - Subscribe Button - wrong state
 - Home, Use cases and Company roles
   - Mobile friendly header and stage navigation
   - Slider stage header
 - App overview
   - Enhance Sub Menu by adding 'Change Image' for active apps
   - Change Image(sub menu) functionality added for active apps
-  - App overview 'in review' style fix
+  - App overview 'in review' rendering and styling changed
   - Enhance Sub Menu by adding 'Change Description' for active apps
   - Change Description(sub menu) functionality added for active apps
-- Bugfix
-  - Service Release Process
-    - Service Release process not working
-    - Service details page crash issue
 - Usecase Participation
   - Created New page under User profile
   - Add edit Overlay UI
-  - Fetech usecase via API
+  - Fetch usecase via API
   - Add Business Logic to upload document
-- Service Release Process
-  - Service Release process not working
-  - Service details page crash issue
 - Notification
   - Show done state
   - Provide icon for marking a notification as read/unread
   - New Header and Filter UI
-- App Release Process
-  - App lead image load issue fix
-  - Service Marketplace
-    - Subscription Button cross service highlighted
-- BugFix
-  - Home - Carousel
-    - Responsiveness - when switching the portal width screens get rendering issues
-  - Notification
-    - isRead action issue fix
-- Company Role Update
-  - Change the payload data as per backend logic
-- App Subscription
-  - Add and Edit Tenant URL functionality in detail overlay
 - Connectors
   - Disable DAPS related sections
-- Certificates
-  - Created New page under User profile
-  - Fetch Certificates and connected to UI
+- App Subscription
+  - Add and Edit Tenant URL functionality in detail overlay
 - Static Pages
   - Data Space
   - Catena-X Participant
@@ -68,6 +48,23 @@
 - Portal
   - Add max width
 
+### Technical Support
+
+- Project Structure
+  - Moved out shared components and source folders to root level
+
+### Bugfix
+
+- App Detail
+  - Subscribe Button - wrong state
+- Service Release Process
+  - Service Release process not working
+  - Service details page crash issue
+- Home - Carousel
+  - Responsiveness - when switching the portal width screens get rendering issues
+- Service Marketplace
+  - Subscription Button cross service highlighted
+
 ## 1.5.0
 
 ### Change
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4aa1019b5..7051220b7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@catena-x/portal-frontend",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "v1.6.0-RC1",
   "description": "Catena-X Portal Frontend",
   "author": "Catena-X Contributors",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",