diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: FRASER
 Type: Package
 Title: Find RAre Splicing Events in RNA-Seq Data
-Version: 1.1.5
+Version: 1.1.6
 Date: 2020-10-15
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Christian", "Mertes", role=c("aut", "cre"), 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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+CHANGES IN VERSION 1.1.6
+-------------------------
+    o Use proper S3/S4 methods to share functions between packages
+    o Minor API changes due to S3/S4 changes (e.g fds -> object)
+    o Switch from psiSite to theta
+    o Improved documentation
+    o Minor bugfixes
+
 CHANGES IN VERSION 1.1.3
 -------------------------