diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d23847ddc..4baf3cd5f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+
+## [1.6.0] - 2018-12-02
 ### Added
 - `.multiple().unique()` modifier for options and arguments.
 
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@
 
 ## [1.2.0] - 2018-05-07
 ### Added
-- Default parameter to option().default()
+- Default parameter to `option().default()`
 
 ### Changed
 - Treat tokens with unknown prefixes as arguments (this makes it easier
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2191213e3..d7e7bf28d 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Clikt is distributed through [Maven Central](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/
 
 ```groovy
 dependencies {
-   implementation 'com.github.ajalt:clikt:1.5.0'
+   implementation 'com.github.ajalt:clikt:1.6.0'
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 5ab48e61e..029add56b 100755
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 GROUP=com.github.ajalt
-VERSION_NAME=1.5.0
+VERSION_NAME=1.6.0