diff --git a/ChangeLog.adoc b/ChangeLog.adoc
index 8b740cfa3..482ec127a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.adoc
+++ b/ChangeLog.adoc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ https://weechat.org/files/releasenotes/ReleaseNotes-devel.html[release notes]
 
 
 [[v1.6]]
-== Version 1.6 (under dev)
+== Version 1.6 (2016-10-02)
 
 New features::
 
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes.adoc b/ReleaseNotes.adoc
index 74a2c29b4..80602b0d3 100644
--- a/ReleaseNotes.adoc
+++ b/ReleaseNotes.adoc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ https://weechat.org/files/changelog/ChangeLog-devel.html[ChangeLog]
 
 
 [[v1.6]]
-== Version 1.6 (under dev)
+== Version 1.6 (2016-10-02)
 
 [[v1.6_irc_server_default_msg]]
 === IRC kick/part/quit default messages
diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index a3e01064a..d309f0470 100755
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
 #     devel-patch  the patch version of devel (e.g. 2 for version 1.4.2)
 #
 
-WEECHAT_STABLE=1.5
+WEECHAT_STABLE=1.6
 WEECHAT_DEVEL=1.6
-WEECHAT_DEVEL_FULL=1.6-rc2
+WEECHAT_DEVEL_FULL=1.6
 
 if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
     echo >&2 "Syntax: $0 stable|devel|devel-full|devel-major|devel-minor|devel-patch"
diff --git a/weechat.spec b/weechat.spec
index 39caf2353..75a37c2ab 100644
--- a/weechat.spec
+++ b/weechat.spec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #
 
 %define name weechat
-%define version 1.5
+%define version 1.6
 %define release 1
 
 Name:      %{name}
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_prefix}/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/weechat.png
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Oct 02 2016 Sébastien Helleu <flashcode@flashtux.org> 1.6-1
+- Released version 1.6
 * Sun May 01 2016 Sébastien Helleu <flashcode@flashtux.org> 1.5-1
 - Released version 1.5
 * Sun Jan 10 2016 Sébastien Helleu <flashcode@flashtux.org> 1.4-1