diff --git a/build/dependencies.yaml b/build/dependencies.yaml
index 88ff2963eb0..2cad9ccb226 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/build/dependencies.yaml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ dependencies:
       match: configs\[Etcd\] = Config{list\.GcEtcdRegistry, "etcd", "\d+\.\d+.\d+(-(alpha|beta|rc).\d+)?(-\d+)?"}
 
   - name: "etcd-image"
-    version: 3.6.0-rc.0
+    version: 3.6.0-rc.1
     refPaths:
     - path: cluster/images/etcd/Makefile
       match: BUNDLED_ETCD_VERSIONS\?|LATEST_ETCD_VERSION\?
diff --git a/cluster/images/etcd/Makefile b/cluster/images/etcd/Makefile
index 4cf5d0eaaee..fdefd302c03 100644
--- a/cluster/images/etcd/Makefile
+++ b/cluster/images/etcd/Makefile
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
 # Except from etcd-$(version) and etcdctl-$(version) binaries, we also
 # need etcd and etcdctl binaries for backward compatibility reasons.
 # That binary will be set to the last version from $(BUNDLED_ETCD_VERSIONS).
-BUNDLED_ETCD_VERSIONS?=3.4.18 3.5.17 3.6.0-rc.0
+BUNDLED_ETCD_VERSIONS?=3.4.18 3.5.17 3.6.0-rc.1
 
 # LATEST_ETCD_VERSION identifies the most recent etcd version available.
-LATEST_ETCD_VERSION?=3.6.0-rc.0
+LATEST_ETCD_VERSION?=3.6.0-rc.1
 
 # REVISION provides a version number for this image and all it's bundled
 # artifacts. It should start at zero for each LATEST_ETCD_VERSION and increment
diff --git a/cluster/images/etcd/migrate/options.go b/cluster/images/etcd/migrate/options.go
index 9c9e08212b7..55de35333da 100644
--- a/cluster/images/etcd/migrate/options.go
+++ b/cluster/images/etcd/migrate/options.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	supportedEtcdVersions = []string{"3.4.18", "3.5.17", "3.6.0-rc.0"}
+	supportedEtcdVersions = []string{"3.4.18", "3.5.17", "3.6.0-rc.1"}
 )
 
 const (