diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: bayesplot
 Type: Package
 Title: Plotting for Bayesian Models
-Version: 1.5.0.9000
-Date: 2018-03-29
+Version: 1.6.0
+Date: 2018-07-27
 Authors@R: c(person("Jonah", "Gabry", role = c("aut", "cre"), email = "jsg2201@columbia.edu"),
              person("Tristan", "Mahr", role = "aut"),
              person("Paul-Christian", "Bürkner", role = "ctb"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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-# bayesplot 1.5.0.9000
+# bayesplot 1.6.0
 
 (GitHub issue/PR numbers in parentheses)