diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
index 24762487c..1abdefd08 100644
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ The current state is available in the following tables:
 | [1.1](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.1.8)  | End of Life | April 23, 2018  | October 23, 2019 |
 | [1.2](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.2.13) | End of Life | October 24, 2018 | October 15, 2020 |
 | [1.3](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.3.10) | End of Life | September 26, 2019  | March 4, 2021 |
-| [1.4](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.4.12) | Extended   | August 17, 2020 | March 3, 2022 (Extended) |
-| [1.5](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.5.9)  | Active   | May 3, 2021  | October 28, 2022 |
-| [1.6](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.6.0)  | Active   | February 15, 2022  | max(February 15, 2023 or release of 1.7.0 + 6 months) |
+| [1.4](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.4.13) | Extended   | August 17, 2020 | March 3, 2022 (Extended) |
+| [1.5](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.5.10) | Active   | May 3, 2021  | October 28, 2022 |
+| [1.6](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.6.1)  | Active   | February 15, 2022  | max(February 15, 2023 or release of 1.7.0 + 6 months) |
 | [1.7](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/milestone/42)         | Next   | TBD  | TBD |
 
 Note that branches and release from before 1.0 may not follow these rules.
diff --git a/releases/README.md b/releases/README.md
index 0820fbf76..890b453cd 100644
--- a/releases/README.md
+++ b/releases/README.md
@@ -57,4 +57,6 @@
 4. Update [`config.toml`](https://github.com/containerd/containerd.io/blob/f827d53826a426cb48f24cc08e43cc8722ad6d01/config.toml#L35) with latest release in the [containerd/containerd.io project](https://github.com/containerd/containerd.io); open PR to
    force website downloads update.
 
-5. Promote on Slack, Twitter, mailing lists, etc
+5. Update Kubernetes test infrastructure to test against any new release branches, see example from https://github.com/kubernetes/test-infra/pull/25476
+
+6. Promote on Slack, Twitter, mailing lists, etc