diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d7d218eabf9fbc3ba32e44f0e2e5a8f43638256b..1247ef29981e6b313615168eca23bec690e20b09 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ KleidiAI follows the [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/) specification fo
 
 ## Upcoming Release
 
+## v1.6.0
+
 - Add CMake installation and `find_package()` support.
 - Optimize RHS packing qsu4c32s16s0->qsi4c32pscalef16
 - Fixes:
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3d4dbdb47107d5232fcdb93c0a06910b2601da44..fa6993d54105f9219ce2d084d52d34933ef7ca43 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 project(KleidiAI
-    VERSION 1.5.0
+    VERSION 1.6.0
     LANGUAGES C CXX
 )
 
diff --git a/kai/kai_common.h b/kai/kai_common.h
index 54c5efdce532fe93387c5949c12871b1ffde87b4..c1cb1eca10d750308eb09945d4d71301a2977bb5 100644
--- a/kai/kai_common.h
+++ b/kai/kai_common.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ extern "C" {
 ///
 /// @return Project version as a string literal.
 inline const char* kai_get_version(void) {
-    return "1.5.0";
+    return "1.6.0";
 }
 
 /// KleidiAI data types