diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b627011..ad954ae 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.6.0](https://github.com/recap-utr/arg-services-python/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0) (2023-11-13)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* make context optional for helper methods ([11bd739](https://github.com/recap-utr/arg-services-python/commit/11bd73901fda9612c06aa800890ad6b46c2c69c4))
+
 ## [1.5.0](https://github.com/recap-utr/arg-services-python/compare/v1.4.4...v1.5.0) (2023-11-08)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 748b55b..12208ff 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "arg-services"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.6.0"
 description = "gRPC definitions for microservice-based argumentation machines"
 authors = ["Mirko Lenz <info@mirko-lenz.de>"]
 license = "MIT"