diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: qsvaR
 Title: Generate Quality Surrogate Variable Analysis for Degradation Correction
-Version: 1.5.3
+Version: 1.6.0
 Date: 2023-06-27
 Authors@R: 
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diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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+# qsvaR 1.6.0
+
 # qsvaR 1.5.3
 
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