diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f0ed37967c0c8521ba52159362eec5ae9364b119..dc1e644a1014338ad0ca67b5c0bfbd2402e761ee 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.5.10
+1.6.0
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index 29246dd7092dac92a2726f64e490c9ec916e1db0..fef360473fdd11d487815b1702b8a24176ec2949 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import "fmt"
 
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 1          // Major version component of the current release
-	VersionMinor = 5          // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 10         // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionMinor = 6          // Minor version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 0          // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "unstable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )