diff --git a/_service b/_service
index 0d2b742..c16d8f0 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <param name="versionformat">@PARENT_TAG@</param>
     <param name="versionrewrite-pattern">v(.*)</param>
     <param name="url">https://github.com/wine-staging/wine-staging.git</param>
-    <param name="revision">refs/tags/v7.0-rc5</param>
+    <param name="revision">refs/tags/v7.0-rc6</param>
     <param name="match-tag">v*.*</param>
     <param name="scm">git</param>
   </service>
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deleted file mode 100644
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--- a/wine-7.0-rc5.tar.xz
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new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/wine-7.0-rc6.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
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new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/wine-staging-7.0-rc5.tar.xz b/wine-staging-7.0-rc5.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index dadb8f6..0000000
--- a/wine-staging-7.0-rc5.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8f140e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wine-staging-7.0-rc6.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
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diff --git a/wine.changes b/wine.changes
index fd4f5af..cf0aa95 100644
--- a/wine.changes
+++ b/wine.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Jan 15 15:28:34 UTC 2022 - Marcus Meissner <meissner@suse.com>
+
+- updated to 7.0-rc6 release candidate
+  - Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.
+- update staging to 7.0-rc6 release
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jan  8 08:37:14 UTC 2022 - Marcus Meissner <meissner@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/wine.spec b/wine.spec
index cf6c74d..e8ce55d 100644
--- a/wine.spec
+++ b/wine.spec
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 %endif
 
 # needs to be on top due to usage of %version macro below
-%define realver 7.0-rc5
-Version:        7.0~rc5
+%define realver 7.0-rc6
+Version:        7.0~rc6
 Release:        0
 
 %if "%{flavor}" != ""
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 ExclusiveArch:  %{ix86} x86_64 ppc armv7l armv7hl aarch64
 %if %{staging}
 # upstream patch target version
-%define staging_version 7.0-rc5
+%define staging_version 7.0-rc6
 Source100:      wine-staging-%{staging_version}.tar.xz
 BuildRequires:  gtk3-devel
 BuildRequires:  libOSMesa-devel