diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 9f1dda63..7bf37206 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-unreleased
-==========
+1.6.0 / 2015-09-29
+==================
 
   * Skip compression when response has `Cache-Control: no-transform`
   * deps: accepts@~1.3.0
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2a7e40c2..5cf3622d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "compression",
   "description": "Node.js compression middleware",
-  "version": "1.5.2",
+  "version": "1.6.0",
   "contributors": [
     "Douglas Christopher Wilson <doug@somethingdoug.com>",
     "Jonathan Ong <me@jongleberry.com> (http://jongleberry.com)"