diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index debcfa4..a16cc40 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ maddy uses [semver versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
 ## Upcoming
 
+* ...
+
+## version 1.6.0 2025-07-26
+
 * ![**ADDED**](https://img.shields.io/badge/-ADDED-%23099) Added CMake install and find_package() support.
 * ![**ADDED**](https://img.shields.io/badge/-ADDED-%23099) Script to update maddy version number in all files.
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f1b519..1872f18 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.25)
 
-project(maddy VERSION 1.5.0) # MADDY_VERSION_LINE_REPLACEMENT
+project(maddy VERSION 1.6.0) # MADDY_VERSION_LINE_REPLACEMENT
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 550ca11..b6fc1c6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # maddy
 
 [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
-[![Version: 1.5.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.5.0-brightgreen.svg)](https://semver.org/) <!-- MADDY_VERSION_LINE_REPLACEMENT -->
+[![Version: 1.6.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.6.0-brightgreen.svg)](https://semver.org/) <!-- MADDY_VERSION_LINE_REPLACEMENT -->
 
 maddy is a C++ Markdown to HTML **header-only** parser library.
 
diff --git a/include/maddy/parser.h b/include/maddy/parser.h
index a8bfdaa..660752f 100644
--- a/include/maddy/parser.h
+++ b/include/maddy/parser.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class Parser
    */
   static const std::string& version()
   {
-    static const std::string v = "1.5.0"; // MADDY_VERSION_LINE_REPLACEMENT
+    static const std::string v = "1.6.0"; // MADDY_VERSION_LINE_REPLACEMENT
     return v;
   }