diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cd8c335a93..74f6b419e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v1.6.3-rc1
+* Bug - [Handle stale instance metadata](https://github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s/pull/1011) (#1011, @mogren)
+* Improvement - [Add support for c5a and c5ad](https://github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s/pull/1003) (#1003, @mogren)
+* Improvement - [Make the aws-cni-support.sh executable](https://github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s/pull/1007) (#1007, @jayanthvn)
+
 ## v1.6.2
 * Bug - [Add WithNoProxy to ignore proxies in gRPC connections when using unix sockets](https://github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s/pull/980) (#980, @nithu0115)
 * Improvement - [Fix order of file copies in entrypoint.sh](https://github.com/aws/amazon-vpc-cni-k8s/pull/935) (#935, @dthorsen)
diff --git a/config/v1.6/aws-k8s-cni.yaml b/config/v1.6/aws-k8s-cni.yaml
index a82d22894d..133255b434 100644
--- a/config/v1.6/aws-k8s-cni.yaml
+++ b/config/v1.6/aws-k8s-cni.yaml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ spec:
       tolerations:
         - operator: Exists
       containers:
-        - image: 602401143452.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/amazon-k8s-cni:v1.6.2
+        - image: 602401143452.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/amazon-k8s-cni:v1.6.3-rc1
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           ports:
             - containerPort: 61678
diff --git a/config/v1.6/cni-metrics-helper.yaml b/config/v1.6/cni-metrics-helper.yaml
index dd08bac467..d4dc1fde0f 100644
--- a/config/v1.6/cni-metrics-helper.yaml
+++ b/config/v1.6/cni-metrics-helper.yaml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: cni-metrics-helper
       containers:
-      - image: 602401143452.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cni-metrics-helper:v1.6.2
+      - image: 602401143452.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cni-metrics-helper:v1.6.3-rc1
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: cni-metrics-helper
         env: