diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cdbfe07..d9e786c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 `commitmsgfmt` formats commit messages. It reflows and wraps text, with special
 understanding of patterns often seen in commit messages.
 
-## Unreleased
+## 1.6.0 - 2023-11-11
 
 - #6: Recognize lines that begin with `>` as _block quotes_ and preserve them
   in their entirety, and allow them to follow a preceding paragraph without the
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b4b41cb..8b3eee6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "commitmsgfmt"
-version = "1.5.0-GIT"
+version = "1.6.0"
 dependencies = [
  "encoding",
  "pretty_assertions",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 28c7f20..a901e0c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "commitmsgfmt"
-version = "1.5.0-GIT"
+version = "1.6.0"
 authors = ["Mikkel Kjeldsen"]
 description = "Formats commit messages better than fmt(1) and Vim"
 publish = false
diff --git a/doc/commitmsgfmt.1.adoc b/doc/commitmsgfmt.1.adoc
index 43acaa7..063c278 100644
--- a/doc/commitmsgfmt.1.adoc
+++ b/doc/commitmsgfmt.1.adoc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 = commitmsgfmt(1)
-:version: 1.5.0-GIT
+:version: 1.6.0
 :man source: commitmsgfmt {version}
 :man manual: User Commands
 :self: pass:q[*commitmsgfmt*]