diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index d7bf0ea7..11666a35 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [bumpversion]
 commit = True
 tag = False
-current_version = 1.5.2
+current_version = 1.6.0
 message = release: {new_version}
 
 [bumpversion:file:setup.cfg]
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5a77be84..d97ebf62 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## Unreleased
+## 1.6.0 (2023-04-27)
+### Changed
+- Prefer passing `--crate-type` option to cargo if "toolchain >= 1.64". [#322](https://github.com/PyO3/setuptools-rust/pull/322)
+
 ### Fixed
 - Fix a bug where rebuilding the library would cause any running processes using it to segfault. [#295](https://github.com/PyO3/setuptools-rust/pull/295)
 - Fix `setup.cfg` format for compatibility with "poetry==1.4.0". [#319](https://github.com/PyO3/setuptools-rust/pull/319)
-- Fix to use `--crate-type` option of cargo if "toolchain >= 1.64". [#322](https://github.com/PyO3/setuptools-rust/pull/322)
 
 ## 1.5.2 (2022-09-19)
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 88b81ac0..12903ea4 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = setuptools-rust
-version = 1.5.2
+version = 1.6.0
 author = Nikolay Kim
 author_email = fafhrd91@gmail.com
 license = MIT
diff --git a/setuptools_rust/version.py b/setuptools_rust/version.py
index 5c2c6672..bf923158 100644
--- a/setuptools_rust/version.py
+++ b/setuptools_rust/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = version = "1.5.2"
+__version__ = version = "1.6.0"
 __version_tuple__ = version_tuple = tuple(
     map(lambda x: int(x[1]) if x[0] < 3 else x[1], enumerate(__version__.split(".")))
 )