diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1e93797..7bed5b4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -97,3 +97,4 @@
 /go1.15.5.src.tar.gz
 /go1.15.6.src.tar.gz
 /go1.16beta1.src.tar.gz
+/go1.16rc1.src.tar.gz
diff --git a/golang.spec b/golang.spec
index d4557e3..66fd653 100644
--- a/golang.spec
+++ b/golang.spec
@@ -106,11 +106,15 @@
 %endif
 
 %global go_api 1.16
-%global go_version 1.16beta1
+%global go_prerelease rc1
+%global go_version %{go_api}%{?go_prerelease}
+
+# For rpmdev-bumpspec and releng automation
+%global baserelease 1
 
 Name:           golang
 Version:        1.16
-Release:        0.beta1.1%{?dist}.1
+Release:        %{?go_prerelease:0.%{go_prerelease}.}%{baserelease}%{?dist}
 Summary:        The Go Programming Language
 # source tree includes several copies of Mark.Twain-Tom.Sawyer.txt under Public Domain
 License:        BSD and Public Domain
@@ -611,6 +615,10 @@ fi
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Jan 31 2021 Neal Gompa <ngompa13@gmail.com> - 1.16-0.rc1.1
+- Update to go1.16rc1
+- Related: BZ#1913835
+
 * Tue Jan 26 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.16-0.beta1.1.1
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index b1e67f8..a122161 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (go1.16beta1.src.tar.gz) = 8a9c2abbaeedb8bb17aa0de20a20fb520430b19bbc4034a5763dfd54468df70715f129c0b8a05542be4bf012b73eb2967c27d33508104fb4e01716011c687cfe
+SHA512 (go1.16rc1.src.tar.gz) = 83b739c515dadd13fa6b8eaebc3a0783a5d74275c8c95221a70329cc638ded20228be114961c81d3f90150d625af12ecf2b7ec793fbc0d5c0c8a9c799b9626fe