diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2719a018..064ab8b3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [v1.6.0](https://github.com/allenai/OLMo-core/releases/tag/v1.6.0) - 2024-11-01
+
 ### Added
 
 - Added option to compile the trainer's loss function (`Trainer.compile_loss`).
diff --git a/src/olmo_core/version.py b/src/olmo_core/version.py
index 0cd17e57..88b5c739 100644
--- a/src/olmo_core/version.py
+++ b/src/olmo_core/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 _MAJOR = "1"
-_MINOR = "5"
+_MINOR = "6"
 _PATCH = "0"
 _SUFFIX = ""