diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 2dd38197822bb7a5d760206311f447ab27716fa7..16249b595e938c1cd5c0ba0c654fb99634b65d7d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+1.1.6RC2 Beta
+bugfixes:
+* fixed memory leaks: less memory consumption
+* fixed empty gateway selection screen
+* fixed manual provider addition
+* improved UI regarding the new design
+
+features:
+* improved and updated circumvention mechanism to protect provider bootstrapping
+* updated translations
+
 1.1.6RC1 Beta
 * updated UI
 * support for Android 12's new splash screen design
diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 6c1bf394647ea4632ee072cd280f4d3e3be719b5..72c278c0cf40302d66bc4da8d878c50b3e61b7c1 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ android {
     // the factor 1000 is used so that gplay users can upgrade from split apks ((current version number - 1) * 1000) + n
     // to extracted bundle apks, supplied by google
     // however we don't calculate the versionCode here, because F-Droid doesn't like that
-    versionCode 165000
-    versionName "1.1.6RC1"
+    versionCode 166000
+    versionName "1.1.6RC2"
     minSdkVersion 21
     targetSdkVersion 31
     vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true