diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f10fad45..0b20483b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## NEXT_VERSION
+## v1.6.0 (2023-12-21)
 
 * Standardize all create/edit/delete buttons
 * Refer to "Surveys" as "Projects" in the user interface
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 6cb8a026..def44864 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ type: "software"
 #    https://github.com/zenodo/zenodo/issues/2515
 license: "MIT"
 
-version: 1.5.0
+version: 1.6.0
 date-released: "2023-12-21"
 url: "https://github.com/nsidc/usaon-benefit-tool"
 
diff --git a/VERSION.env b/VERSION.env
index 743efb15..633ebb46 100644
--- a/VERSION.env
+++ b/VERSION.env
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export USAON_BENEFIT_TOOL_VERSION="v1.5.0"
+export USAON_BENEFIT_TOOL_VERSION="v1.6.0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0daca24c..fafc8467 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "usaon_benefit_tool"
 description = "Gather data for US AON's Value Tree Analysis (Benefit Tool) process"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.6.0"
 url = "git@github.com:nsidc/usaon-benefit-tool.git"
 authors = [
   {name = "National Snow and Ice Data Center", email = "nsidc@nsidc.org"},
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ max-complexity = 8
 inline-quotes = "double"
 
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "1.5.0"
+current_version = "1.6.0"
 commit = false
 tag = false
 
diff --git a/usaon_benefit_tool/constants/version.py b/usaon_benefit_tool/constants/version.py
index 177b9352..4c41a252 100644
--- a/usaon_benefit_tool/constants/version.py
+++ b/usaon_benefit_tool/constants/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = "1.5.0"
+VERSION = "1.6.0"