diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 620b3cab..bfae4a73 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
+## 1.6.0
+- update provenance to work with Biolink3
+
 ## 1.5.9 (2022-06-13)
 - make streaming transform default
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e055f3c5..fcbaafdf 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ MAINTAINER  Sierra Moxon "smoxon@lbl.gov"
 RUN git clone https://github.com/biolink/kgx
 
 # Setup
-RUN cd kgx && git checkout tags/1.5.9 && pip install -r requirements.txt && python setup.py install
+RUN cd kgx && git checkout tags/1.6.0 && pip install -r requirements.txt && python setup.py install
 
 # Make data directory
 RUN mkdir data
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 34850c95..dd3874d2 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ def setup(app):
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '1.5.9'
+version = '1.6.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '1.5.9'
+release = '1.6.0'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/kgx/__init__.py b/kgx/__init__.py
index c1dfc619..8e6bb441 100644
--- a/kgx/__init__.py
+++ b/kgx/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 """
 KGX Package
 """
-__version__ = "1.5.9"
+__version__ = "1.6.0"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 29a8986d..494f7bde 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 AUTHOR = 'Deepak Unni, Sierra Moxon, Richard Bruskiewich'
 EMAIL = 'deepak.unni3@gmail.com, smoxon@lbl.gov, richard.bruskiewich@delphinai.com'
 REQUIRES_PYTHON = '>=3.7.0'
-VERSION = '1.5.9'
+VERSION = '1.6.0'
 LICENSE = 'BSD'
 
 with open("requirements.txt", "r") as FH: