diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -1,3 +1,34 @@
+## Version 1.6.0 (2022/10/17)
+
+### Issues Closed
+
+* [Issue 55](https://github.com/pytroll/pycoast/issues/55) - Additional text overlay options ([PR 56](https://github.com/pytroll/pycoast/pull/56) by [@howff](https://github.com/howff))
+* [Issue 23](https://github.com/pytroll/pycoast/issues/23) - Pycoast v0.5.2  issue when drawing coastlines ([PR 59](https://github.com/pytroll/pycoast/pull/59) by [@lobsiger](https://github.com/lobsiger))
+
+In this release 2 issues were closed.
+
+### Pull Requests Merged
+
+#### Bugs fixed
+
+* [PR 65](https://github.com/pytroll/pycoast/pull/65) - Regenerate shapefile test image for pillow 9.2.0
+* [PR 61](https://github.com/pytroll/pycoast/pull/61) - Fix 'add_cities' to use modern GeoNames data
+* [PR 60](https://github.com/pytroll/pycoast/pull/60) - Fix major/minor grid line parameters not working in add_overlay_from_dict
+* [PR 59](https://github.com/pytroll/pycoast/pull/59) - Fix for horizontal (merc) and vertical (tmerc) scratches in medium si… ([23](https://github.com/pytroll/pycoast/issues/23))
+
+#### Features added
+
+* [PR 63](https://github.com/pytroll/pycoast/pull/63) - Rewrite and refactor all of pycoast to meet minimum modern standards
+* [PR 62](https://github.com/pytroll/pycoast/pull/62) - Add ability to overlay user specific shapefiles from dict
+* [PR 56](https://github.com/pytroll/pycoast/pull/56) - Add 'coords_ref' option to 'add_points' to specify lon/lat or pixel coordinates ([55](https://github.com/pytroll/pycoast/issues/55))
+
+#### Documentation changes
+
+* [PR 63](https://github.com/pytroll/pycoast/pull/63) - Rewrite and refactor all of pycoast to meet minimum modern standards
+
+In this release 8 pull requests were closed.
+
+
 ## Version 1.5.0 (2021/08/18)
 
 ### Issues Closed
diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
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 4. run `loghub` and update the `CHANGELOG.md` file:
 
    ```
-   loghub pytroll/pycoast --token $LOGHUB_GITHUB_TOKEN -st v<previous version> -plg bug "Bugs fixed" -plg enhancement "Features added" -plg documentation "Documentation changes" -plg backwards-incompatibility "Backward incompatible changes" -plg refactor "Refactoring"
+   loghub pytroll/pycoast --token $LOGHUB_GITHUB_TOKEN -st $(git tag --sort=-version:refname --list 'v*' | head -n 1) -plg bug "Bugs fixed" -plg enhancement "Features added" -plg documentation "Documentation changes" -plg backwards-incompatibility "Backward incompatible changes" -plg refactor "Refactoring"
    ```
 
    This uses a `LOGHUB_GITHUB_TOKEN` environment variable. This must be created