diff --git a/plugins/nf-azure/changelog.txt b/plugins/nf-azure/changelog.txt
index 0c396c15ec..5a8d9226f7 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-azure/changelog.txt
+++ b/plugins/nf-azure/changelog.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 nf-azure changelog
 ===================
+1.6.0 - 15 Apr 2024
+- Add support for Azure custom startTask (#4913) [27d01e3a]
+- Improve control on azcopy install (#4883) [01447d5c]
+- Fix Azure pool creation [2ee4d11e]
+- Bump groovy 4.0.21 [9e08390b]
+
 1.5.1 - 10 Mar 2024
 - Update Azure dependencies [1bcbaf0d]
 - Bump groovy 4.0.19 [854dc1f0]
diff --git a/plugins/nf-azure/src/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/nf-azure/src/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 17f3dac60c..9940d701b8 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-azure/src/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/nf-azure/src/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Plugin-Class: nextflow.cloud.azure.AzurePlugin
 Plugin-Id: nf-azure
-Plugin-Version: 1.5.1
+Plugin-Version: 1.6.0
 Plugin-Provider: Seqera Labs
 Plugin-Requires: >=24.01.0-edge