diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 566b4e6f..21a752d7 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## [1.6.0](https://github.com/bee-queue/bee-queue/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0) (2023-11-02)
+
+### Features
+
+- **queue:** allow manual connection ([#708](https://github.com/bee-queue/bee-queue/issues/708)) ([425fb89](https://github.com/bee-queue/bee-queue/commit/425fb897ef8515f881e9db7e4462ed4f3625eba8))
+
 ## [1.5.0](https://github.com/bee-queue/bee-queue/compare/v1.4.3...v1.5.0) (2022-11-28)
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 28f29a5a..a3c8ca36 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "bee-queue",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.6.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "bee-queue",
-      "version": "1.5.0",
+      "version": "1.6.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "p-finally": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 55bd7194..a21b902c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bee-queue",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.6.0",
   "description": "A simple, fast, robust job/task queue, backed by Redis.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "dependencies": {