diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0e74d9bc..e0acd285 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 ## Release History
 
-### 1.6.0-beta.1 (Unreleased)
+### 1.6.0 (2022-10-13)
 #### New Features
 * Added bulk support for `CosmosDBSinkConnector`. - [PR 485](https://github.com/microsoft/kafka-connect-cosmosdb/pull/485)
-#### Breaking Changes
-
-#### Key Bug Fixes
-
-#### Other Changes
 * Added gateway mode support for `CosmosDBSinkConnector` and `CosmosDBSourceConnector`. - [PR 490](https://github.com/microsoft/kafka-connect-cosmosdb/pull/490)
 
 ### 1.5.0 (2022-09-16)
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4937c82d..b3dacd42 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.azure.cosmos.kafka</groupId>
     <artifactId>kafka-connect-cosmos</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
 
     <name> kafka-connect-cosmos</name>
     <url>https://github.com/microsoft/kafka-connect-cosmosdb</url>