diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a6e54a601..b019800dc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
+## [1.6.0](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/releases/tag/1.6.0) - Release Date: [2023-08-10]
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+### 🏭 Refactor
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+- Refactor handling of Helm flags - [#319](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/pull/319)
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 ## [1.5.0](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/releases/tag/1.5.0) - Release Date: [2023-08-10]
 
 ### 🚀 Features
diff --git a/kpops/__init__.py b/kpops/__init__.py
index dccf90bef..a0545decf 100644
--- a/kpops/__init__.py
+++ b/kpops/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "1.5.0"
+__version__ = "1.6.0"
 
 # export public API functions
 from kpops.cli.main import clean, deploy, destroy, generate, reset
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 13ae8b8ef..8be6ac275 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "kpops"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.6.0"
 description = "KPOps is a tool to deploy Kafka pipelines to Kubernetes"
 authors = ["bakdata <opensource@bakdata.com>"]
 license = "MIT"