diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6964832..0d8240b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('kafkacat', 'c', version: '1.5.0', subproject_dir: 'meson')
+project('kafkacat', 'c', version: '1.6.0', subproject_dir: 'meson')
 
 static = get_option('static')
 yajl = dependency('yajl', version: '>=2', required: get_option('json'), static: static, fallback: ['yajl', 'yajl_dep'])
diff --git a/sha256 b/sha256
index 4565d93..a2a87c4 100644
--- a/sha256
+++ b/sha256
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 4c043cb86824a8f650d7dbe3aceaec8aa3fadafbd456d7e7444f18f184fe2347  src-1.4.0.tgz
 16f358fab258cbefc328cf642f72ee8b5dae1648657d508997279ca5bd0fbef0  src-1.5.0.tgz
+e67aecd153659d7ea0d561469a1e65038485fe9a3203fa8c9c59a9fe02164bf0  src-1.6.0.tgz