diff --git a/.VERSION b/.VERSION
index 8af85beb5..dc1e644a1 100644
--- a/.VERSION
+++ b/.VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.5.3
+1.6.0
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d9e6b2923..efb19ae84 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,35 @@ Wilf A. Wilson, Michael Young et al.
 
 Licensing information can be found in the `LICENSE` file.
 
+## Version 1.6.0 (released 08/09/2022)
+
+This is a minor release including a number of new features:
+
+* Implement `IsPermutationDigraph` by @baydrea in
+  https://github.com/digraphs/Digraphs/pull/513
+* Add more implications (including some implications of falsity) by @wilfwilson
+  in https://github.com/digraphs/Digraphs/pull/494
+* Add `OnTuplesDigraphs` and `OnSetsDigraphs` by @wilfwilson in
+  https://github.com/digraphs/Digraphs/pull/449
+* Add checks for upper/lower semimodular lattices by @james-d-mitchell in
+  https://github.com/digraphs/Digraphs/pull/375
+* Add `AsDigraph` for partial perms by @james-d-mitchell in
+  https://github.com/digraphs/Digraphs/pull/526
+* Add `DigraphRandomWalk` by @mtorpey in
+  https://github.com/digraphs/Digraphs/pull/543
+* Add constructors for random digraphs with particular properties by
+  @KamranKSharma in https://github.com/digraphs/Digraphs/pull/531
+* Add `LatticeDigraphEmbedding` method by @MTWhyte in https://github.com/digraphs/Digraphs/pull/538
+* Add `IsDistributiveLatticeDigraph` property by @MTWhyte in https://github.com/digraphs/Digraphs/pull/528
+
+The following improvements were also made:
+
+* Make improvements to `IsMeetSemilatticeDigraph` and
+  `IsJoinSemilatticeDigraph`  by @MTWhyte in
+  https://github.com/digraphs/Digraphs/pull/556
+* Add a workaround for macOS code signing issues by @fingolfin in
+  https://github.com/digraphs/Digraphs/pull/555
+
 ## Version 1.5.3 (released 20/05/2022)
 
 This is a minor release including the following changes:
diff --git a/PackageInfo.g b/PackageInfo.g
index 8feac1274..b72c42eb0 100644
--- a/PackageInfo.g
+++ b/PackageInfo.g
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
 ##
 
 ##  <#GAPDoc Label="PKGVERSIONDATA">
-##  <!ENTITY VERSION                  "1.5.3">
+##  <!ENTITY VERSION                  "1.6.0">
 ##  <!ENTITY GAPVERS                  "4.10.0">
 ##  <!ENTITY GRAPEVERS                "4.8.1">
 ##  <!ENTITY IOVERS                   "4.5.1">
 ##  <!ENTITY ORBVERS                  "4.8.2">
 ##  <!ENTITY DATASTRUCTURESVERS       "0.2.5">
 ##  <!ENTITY NAUTYTRACESINTERFACEVERS "0.2">
-##  <!ENTITY ARCHIVENAME    "digraphs-1.5.3">
+##  <!ENTITY ARCHIVENAME    "digraphs-1.6.0">
 ##  <!ENTITY COPYRIGHTYEARS "2014-22">
 ##  <#/GAPDoc>
 
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ _STANDREWSCS := Concatenation(["Jack Cole Building, North Haugh, ",
 SetPackageInfo(rec(
 PackageName := "Digraphs",
 Subtitle := "Graphs, digraphs, and multidigraphs in GAP",
-Version := "1.5.3",
-Date := "20/05/2022",  # dd/mm/yyyy format
+Version := "1.6.0",
+Date := "08/09/2022",  # dd/mm/yyyy format
 License := "GPL-3.0-or-later",
 ArchiveFormats := ".tar.gz",
 
diff --git a/VERSIONS b/VERSIONS
index 08f4208cb..36fba2a89 100644
--- a/VERSIONS
+++ b/VERSIONS
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #############################################################################
 ##
 
+release 1.6.0 - 08/09/2022
 release 1.5.3 - 20/05/2022
 release 1.5.2 - 30/03/2022
 release 1.5.1 - 29/03/2022