diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index df5973af..f0cf6793 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+nnn v1.6
+2017-12-25
+
+What's in?
+- Shortcut `^O` to open file with custom application
+- Option `-b` to open bookmarks directly at start
+- Huge performance improvements around file name storing and handling
+- Several large static buffers removed or reduced
+- Several internal algorithms fine tuned for performance/resource usage
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 nnn v1.5
 2017-10-05
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 254fa5a5..fdbd3752 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION = 1.5
+VERSION = 1.6
 
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
 MANPREFIX = $(PREFIX)/share/man
diff --git a/nnn.1 b/nnn.1
index 3407c097..1141ea80 100644
--- a/nnn.1
+++ b/nnn.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.Dd Oct 05, 2017
+.Dd Dec 25, 2017
 .Dt NNN 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
diff --git a/nnn.c b/nnn.c
index 7e9e1dd1..e4674012 100644
--- a/nnn.c
+++ b/nnn.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ disabledbg()
 #endif /* DEBUGMODE */
 
 /* Macro definitions */
-#define VERSION "1.5"
+#define VERSION "1.6"
 #define GENERAL_INFO "License: BSD 2-Clause\nWebpage: https://github.com/jarun/nnn"
 
 #define LEN(x) (sizeof(x) / sizeof(*(x)))
diff --git a/scripts/make_native/Makefile.native b/scripts/make_native/Makefile.native
index b0945f7d..5cfa3ee9 100644
--- a/scripts/make_native/Makefile.native
+++ b/scripts/make_native/Makefile.native
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # NOTE: This file is used in Travis CI for stricter test builds
 
-VERSION = 1.5
+VERSION = 1.6
 
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
 MANPREFIX = $(PREFIX)/share/man