diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f342097b..a69ace0d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Splunk Logging for Java Changelog
 
-## Version 1.5.4
+## Version 1.6.0
 * Changed messagedMimeType metadata property to messageFormat
 * Fixes unit tests, and performance issues
 * Fixes issues with log4j
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Splunk Logging for Java
 
-#### Version 1.5.4
+#### Version 1.6.0
 
 This project provides utilities to easily log data using Splunk's recommended 
 best practices to any supported logger, using any of the three major Java 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a2302d5a..9bfb6cdc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.splunk.logging</groupId>
   <artifactId>splunk-library-javalogging</artifactId>
-  <version>1.5.4</version>
+  <version>1.6.0</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>Splunk Logging for Java</name>