diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 2d2fa3e4..c3d91606 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ latest changes in development for next release
 ----------------------------------------------
 
 .. THANKS FOR CONTRIBUTING; ADD YOUR UNRELEASED CHANGES HERE!
+1.6.0
+-------------------
 
 * Let the user provide file extension as an argument when the file name has no
   extension (`#148`_ by `@motazsaad`_)
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 98751c88..3f14fd47 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-release = version = "1.5.0"
+release = version = "1.6.0"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b8ea87df..2497ccb0 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.5.0
+current_version = 1.6.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ replace = version = "{new_version}"
 [bumpversion:file:docs/changelog.rst]
 search = THANKS FOR CONTRIBUTING; ADD YOUR UNRELEASED CHANGES HERE!
 replace = THANKS FOR CONTRIBUTING; ADD YOUR UNRELEASED CHANGES HERE!
+	{new_version}
+	-------------------
 
-    {new_version}
-    -------------------
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dc40dd3d..f4a6a00b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name=textract.__name__,
-    version="1.5.0",
+    version="1.6.0",
     description="extract text from any document. no muss. no fuss.",
     long_description=long_description,
     url=github_url,
diff --git a/textract/__init__.py b/textract/__init__.py
index dc545dc4..173b5aee 100644
--- a/textract/__init__.py
+++ b/textract/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from .parsers import process
 
-VERSION = "1.5.0"
+VERSION = "1.6.0"