diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c4a65f89..85653f0d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Changelog
 ---------
 
-Version 1.6.0 Unreleased
+Version 1.6.0 2019-03-06
 ````````````````````````
 
 - The ``delete_many`` function is now able to ignore any errors and continue
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ Version 1.6.0 Unreleased
   ``True``. This was and still is only relevant for the **filesystem** and
   **simple** cache backends.
   PR `#94 <https://github.com/sh4nks/flask-caching/pull/94>`_.
+- Re-added the ``gaememcached`` CACHE_TYPE for improved backwards compatibility.
+- Documentation improvements
 
 
 Version 1.5.0 2019-02-23
diff --git a/flask_caching/__init__.py b/flask_caching/__init__.py
index 7252209d..11e05c29 100644
--- a/flask_caching/__init__.py
+++ b/flask_caching/__init__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 from flask_caching._compat import PY2, iteritems
 
-__version__ = "1.5.0"
+__version__ = "1.6.0"
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)