diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 42d998a..00ce0a2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ services:
 
 env:
   global:
-    - VERSION=1.5.4-1
+    - VERSION=1.6.0-1
     - NAME=lua-resty-openidc
     - ROCKSPEC=$NAME-$VERSION.rockspec
     - LUAROCKS=2.3.0
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 03e6b03..142178d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
+06/07/2018
+- refer to updated lua-resty-jwt that supports OpenSSL 1.1.x ; see: #162; thanks @cdbattags
+- release 1.6.0
+
 05/29/2018
 - when refreshing tokens the id token is now refreshed as well (if
   included inside the token response); see #158; thanks @grrolland
 
 05/24/2018
 - add Cache-Control no-cache header to authorization requests to avoid replays of state/nonce;
-  see https://github.com/zmartzone/mod_auth_openidc/issues/321
+  see zmartzone/mod_auth_openidc#321
 
 04/28/2018
 - release 1.5.4
diff --git a/lib/resty/openidc.lua b/lib/resty/openidc.lua
index ec782e7..b317841 100644
--- a/lib/resty/openidc.lua
+++ b/lib/resty/openidc.lua
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ local supported_token_auth_methods = {
 }
 
 local openidc = {
-  _VERSION = "1.5.4"
+  _VERSION = "1.6.0"
 }
 openidc.__index = openidc
 
diff --git a/lua-resty-openidc-1.5.4-1.rockspec b/lua-resty-openidc-1.6.0-1.rockspec
similarity index 97%
rename from lua-resty-openidc-1.5.4-1.rockspec
rename to lua-resty-openidc-1.6.0-1.rockspec
index 869094f..7ef2d7b 100644
--- a/lua-resty-openidc-1.5.4-1.rockspec
+++ b/lua-resty-openidc-1.6.0-1.rockspec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package = "lua-resty-openidc"
-version = "1.5.4-1"
+version = "1.6.0-1"
 source = {
     url = "git://github.com/zmartzone/lua-resty-openidc",
-    tag = "v1.5.4",
+    tag = "v1.6.0",
     dir = "lua-resty-openidc"
 }
 description = {