diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8e64552..a785683 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+1.6.0
+=====
+Features:
+---------
+* You can now build cJSON as both shared and static library at once with CMake using `-DBUILD_SHARED_AND_STATIC_LIBS=On`, see #178
+* UTF-8 byte order marks are now ignored, see #184
+* Locales can now be disabled with the option `-DENABLE_LOCALES=Off`, see #202, thanks @Casperinous
+* Better support for MSVC and Visual Studio
+
+Other Changes:
+--------------
+* Add the new warnings `-Wswitch-enum`, `-Wused-but-makred-unused`, `-Wmissing-variable-declarations`, `-Wunused-macro`
+* More number printing tests.
+* Continuous integration testing with AppVeyor (semi automatic at this point), thanks @simon-p-r
+
 1.5.9
 =====
 * Set the global error pointer even if `return_parse_end` is passed to `cJSON_ParseWithOpts`. See #200, thanks @rmallins
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9a28a68..47ff6a2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ include(GNUInstallDirs)
 project(cJSON C)
 
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
-set(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR 5)
-set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 9)
+set(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR 6)
+set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 set(CJSON_VERSION_SO 1)
 set(CJSON_UTILS_VERSION_SO 1)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}")
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 38ca51a..2d47207 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CJSON_TEST_SRC = cJSON.c test.c
 
 LDLIBS = -lm
 
-LIBVERSION = 1.5.9
+LIBVERSION = 1.6.0
 CJSON_SOVERSION = 1
 UTILS_SOVERSION = 1
 
diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index 5816f7f..84559ef 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(const char *) cJSON_GetErrorPtr(void)
 }
 
 /* This is a safeguard to prevent copy-pasters from using incompatible C and header files */
-#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 5) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 9)
+#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 6) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 0)
     #error cJSON.h and cJSON.c have different versions. Make sure that both have the same.
 #endif
 
diff --git a/cJSON.h b/cJSON.h
index 1e38813..7c4f8e7 100644
--- a/cJSON.h
+++ b/cJSON.h
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ extern "C"
 
 /* project version */
 #define CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR 1
-#define CJSON_VERSION_MINOR 5
-#define CJSON_VERSION_PATCH 9
+#define CJSON_VERSION_MINOR 6
+#define CJSON_VERSION_PATCH 0
 
 #include <stddef.h>