diff --git a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
index 093e6ebcab7c..74a2fd421aa4 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "logging": "1.6.1",
   "profiler": "0.3.1",
   "pubsub": "1.28.0",
-  "pubsublite": "1.5.0",
+  "pubsublite": "1.6.0",
   "spanner": "1.41.0",
   "storage": "1.28.1"
 }
diff --git a/pubsublite/CHANGES.md b/pubsublite/CHANGES.md
index 02c93f99a4a4..2d6bfc2a9a49 100644
--- a/pubsublite/CHANGES.md
+++ b/pubsublite/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [1.6.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/pubsublite/v1.5.0...pubsublite/v1.6.0) (2022-12-10)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **pubsublite:** Create/update export subscriptions ([#6885](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/6885)) ([5fa8555](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/5fa855545502ab01775d19cc7b42810beefd1d5f))
+* **pubsublite:** rewrite signatures and type in terms of new location ([620e6d8](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/620e6d828ad8641663ae351bfccfe46281e817ad))
+* **pubsublite:** Unload idle partition publishers ([#7105](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/7105)) ([176f533](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/176f5331ff02dd9ae4eb706f299b31c903689298))
+
 ## [1.5.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/pubsublite/v1.4.1...pubsublite/v1.5.0) (2022-12-01)
 
 
diff --git a/pubsublite/internal/version.go b/pubsublite/internal/version.go
index e93235c20322..05d3396f1001 100644
--- a/pubsublite/internal/version.go
+++ b/pubsublite/internal/version.go
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 package internal
 
 // Version is the current tagged release of the library.
-const Version = "1.5.0"
+const Version = "1.6.0"