diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 85a243dc..8f5cc1a1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## [v1.6.0](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/releases/tag/v1.6.0) - 2024-08-20
+
+### Feature
+
+* Add adaptive OCR, factor out treatment of OCR areas and cell filtering ([#38](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/issues/38)) ([`e94d317`](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/commit/e94d317c022d2b916332d43cdc2aa90fd4738df9))
+
 ## [v1.5.0](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/releases/tag/v1.5.0) - 2024-08-20
 
 ### Feature
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index caaef27e..8f76d1d0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "docling"
-version = "1.5.0"  # DO NOT EDIT, updated automatically
+version = "1.6.0"  # DO NOT EDIT, updated automatically
 description = "Docling PDF conversion package"
 authors = ["Christoph Auer <cau@zurich.ibm.com>", "Michele Dolfi <dol@zurich.ibm.com>", "Maxim Lysak <mly@zurich.ibm.com>", "Nikos Livathinos <nli@zurich.ibm.com>", "Ahmed Nassar <ahn@zurich.ibm.com>", "Peter Staar <taa@zurich.ibm.com>"]
 license = "MIT"