diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index f155a9f..92cbe42 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Unreleased
+## 1.6.0
 * Support Cython 3
 * Drop support for Python 3.7 and 3.8
 * Add support for Python 3.12 and 3.13
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f11c401..4ea5c42 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     + [os.path.relpath(f, "asynq/") for f in glob.glob("asynq/*.pyi")]
 )
 
-VERSION = "1.5.1"
+VERSION = "1.6.0"
 
 
 EXTENSIONS = [