diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 96b9e62cb..ae106baca 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aead"
-version = "0.6.0-rc.3"
+version = "0.6.0-rc.4"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayvec",
  "blobby",
diff --git a/aead/Cargo.toml b/aead/Cargo.toml
index d17943a8d..b8995e8c8 100644
--- a/aead/Cargo.toml
+++ b/aead/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "aead"
-version = "0.6.0-rc.3"
+version = "0.6.0-rc.4"
 authors = ["RustCrypto Developers"]
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.85"
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ such as AES-GCM as ChaCha20Poly1305, which provide a high-level API
 """
 
 [dependencies]
-crypto-common = { version = "0.2.0-rc.5", path = "../crypto-common" }
+crypto-common = { version = "0.2.0-rc.6", path = "../crypto-common" }
 inout = "0.2"
 
 # optional dependencies