diff --git a/releases/v1.0.0-rc.0.toml b/releases/v1.0.0-rc.0.toml
index d33c92310..1753fb83b 100644
--- a/releases/v1.0.0-rc.0.toml
+++ b/releases/v1.0.0-rc.0.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ project_name = "containerd"
 github_repo = "containerd/containerd"
 
 # previous release
-previous = "v1.0.0-rc.0"
+previous = "v1.0.0-beta.3"
 
 pre_release = true