diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f7e384b4..f689d195 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+Version 1.6.0 (2016-04-29)
+  o Major RIP protocol redesign
+  o New Babel routing protocol
+  o BGP multipath support
+  o KRT: Add support for plenty of kernel route metrics
+  o KRT: Allow more than 256 routing tables
+  o Static: Allow to specify attributes for static routes
+  o Static: Support for BFD controlled static routes
+  o FreeBSD: Setup password for BGP MD5 authentication
+  o IO: Remove socket number limit
+  o Plenty of bug fixes
+
+  Upgrade notes:
+
+  For RIP, most protocol options were moved to interface blocks.
+
+
 Version 1.5.0 (2015-04-20)
   o Major OSPF protocol redesign.
   o OSPFv2 multi-instance extension (RFC 6549).
diff --git a/misc/bird.spec b/misc/bird.spec
index e6b699a0..857f03e5 100644
--- a/misc/bird.spec
+++ b/misc/bird.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary: BIRD Internet Routing Daemon
 Name: bird
-Version: 1.5.0
+Version: 1.6.0
 Release: 1
 Copyright: GPL
 Group: Networking/Daemons
diff --git a/sysdep/config.h b/sysdep/config.h
index 08c15fe9..a8d58349 100644
--- a/sysdep/config.h
+++ b/sysdep/config.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #define _BIRD_CONFIG_H_
 
 /* BIRD version */
-#define BIRD_VERSION "1.5.0"
+#define BIRD_VERSION "1.6.0"
 
 /* Include parameters determined by configure script */
 #include "sysdep/autoconf.h"