diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5ef7f25..a340571 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Slackcat is a simple commandline utility to post snippets to Slack.
 Download the latest release for your platform:
 
 ```bash
-curl -Lo slackcat https://github.com/bcicen/slackcat/releases/download/v1.5/slackcat-1.5-$(uname -s)-amd64
+curl -Lo slackcat https://github.com/bcicen/slackcat/releases/download/v1.6/slackcat-1.6-$(uname -s)-amd64
 sudo mv slackcat /usr/local/bin/
 sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/slackcat
 ```
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c239c60..810ee4e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.5
+1.6