diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d75b77d2..d539aed4 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,42 @@
+Changes in Version 1.6.0
+
+    This release adds a few minor features and several important bug fixes.
+
+    The most important change to take note of if you are using composite
+    comparators is the change to the default inclusive/exclusive behavior for slice
+    ends.
+
+    Other than that, this should be a smooth upgrade from 1.5.x.
+
+    Features
+
+      * New script for easily building RPM packages
+      * Add request and parameter information to PoolListener callback
+      * Add ColumnFamily.xget(), a generator version of get() that automatically
+        pages over columns in reasonably sized chunks
+      * Add support for Int32Type, a 4-byte signed integer format
+      * Add constants for the highest and lowest possible TimeUUID values to
+        pycassa.util
+
+    Bug Fixes
+
+      * Various 2.4 syntax errors
+      * Raise AllServersUnavailable if server_list is empty
+      * Handle custom types inside of composites
+      * Don’t erase comment when updating column families
+      * Match Cassandra’s sorting of TimeUUIDType values when the timestamps
+        tie
+      * This could result in some columns being erroneously left off of the end
+        of column slices when datetime objects or timestamps were used for
+        column_start or column_finish.
+      * Use gevent’s queue in place of the stdlib version when gevent
+        monkeypatching has been applied.
+      * Avoid sub-microsecond loss of precision with TimeUUID timestamps when
+        using pycassa.util.convert_time_to_uuid()
+      * Make default slice ends inclusive when using CompositeType comparator
+      * Previously, the end of the slice was exclusive by default (as was the
+        start of the slice when column_reversed was True)
+
 Changes in Version 1.5.1
 
     This release only affects those of you using DateType data, which has been
diff --git a/doc/changelog.rst b/doc/changelog.rst
index 92b9f1be..f595f5c6 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/changelog.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,45 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+Changes in Version 1.6.0
+------------------------
+This release adds a few minor features and several important bug fixes.
+
+The most important change to take note of if you are using composite
+comparators is the change to the default inclusive/exclusive behavior
+for slice ends.
+
+Other than that, this should be a smooth upgrade from 1.5.x.
+
+Features
+~~~~~~~~
+- New script for easily building RPM packages
+- Add request and parameter information to PoolListener callback
+- Add :meth:`.ColumnFamily.xget()`, a generator version of
+  :meth:`~.ColumnFamily.get()` that automatically pages over columns
+  in reasonably sized chunks
+- Add support for Int32Type, a 4-byte signed integer format
+- Add constants for the highest and lowest possible TimeUUID values
+  to :mod:`pycassa.util`
+
+Bug Fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+- Various 2.4 syntax errors
+- Raise :exc:`~.AllServersUnavailable` if ``server_list`` is empty
+- Handle custom types inside of composites
+- Don't erase ``comment`` when updating column families
+- Match Cassandra's sorting of TimeUUIDType values when the timestamps
+  tie.  This could result in some columns being erroneously left off of
+  the end of column slices when datetime objects or timestamps were used
+  for ``column_start`` or ``column_finish``
+- Use gevent's queue in place of the stdlib version when gevent monkeypatching
+  has been applied
+- Avoid sub-microsecond loss of precision with TimeUUID timestamps when using
+  :func:`pycassa.util.convert_time_to_uuid`
+- Make default slice ends inclusive when using ``CompositeType`` comparator
+  Previously, the end of the slice was exclusive by default (as was the start
+  of the slice when ``column_reversed`` was ``True``)
+
 Changes in Version 1.5.1
 ------------------------
 This release only affects those of you using DateType data,
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index c8b5edcb..0167c097 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '1.5'
+version = '1.6'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '1.5.1'
+release = '1.6.0'
 
 # List of documents that shouldn't be included in the build.
 unused_docs = []
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3fd4190b..55386926 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 from distutils.cmd import Command
 
-version_tuple = (1, 5, 1)
+version_tuple = (1, 6, 0)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_tuple))
 
 long_description = """pycassa is a python client library for Apache Cassandra with the following features: