diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8f096e3f..459557c6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic
 Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [1.6.0] - 2020-09-17
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 293ee7d2..318aa339 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
   'yabridge',
   'cpp',
-  version : '1.5.0',
+  version : '1.6.0',
   default_options : ['warning_level=3', 'cpp_std=c++2a', 'build.cpp_std=c++2a']
 )
 
diff --git a/tools/yabridgectl/Cargo.toml b/tools/yabridgectl/Cargo.toml
index 8a4d2033..be608e0d 100644
--- a/tools/yabridgectl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tools/yabridgectl/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "yabridgectl"
 # This version is linked to yabridge's version for clarity's sake and because
 # there's not a lot going on here
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.6.0"
 authors = ["Robbert van der Helm <mail@robbertvanderhelm.nl>"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Optional utility to help set up yabridge"