diff --git a/package/runc/runc.hash b/package/runc/runc.hash
index 853cbb1465..1636e5b8e9 100644
--- a/package/runc/runc.hash
+++ b/package/runc/runc.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256	994a3a0447fcbf7e37614b02aa5604d2d6b9fdb41e6870d8d3ff1138ed6e61ef  runc-69663f0bd4b60df09991c08812a60108003fa340.tar.gz
+sha256	a221f8380e7b5806031f54d423af6dde24c305dad49868056cf70e5f5f4ef771  runc-v1.0.0-rc6.tar.gz
 sha256  552a739c3b25792263f731542238b92f6f8d07e9a488eae27e6c4690038a8243  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/runc/runc.mk b/package/runc/runc.mk
index 7f42c962f3..0539661266 100644
--- a/package/runc/runc.mk
+++ b/package/runc/runc.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-# docker-engine/hack/dockerfile/install/runc.installer:4 RUNC_COMMIT=...
-RUNC_VERSION = 69663f0bd4b60df09991c08812a60108003fa340
+RUNC_VERSION = v1.0.0-rc6
 RUNC_SITE = $(call github,opencontainers,runc,$(RUNC_VERSION))
 RUNC_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 RUNC_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE