diff --git a/docs/history.rst b/docs/history.rst
index f130e309..35f29408 100644
--- a/docs/history.rst
+++ b/docs/history.rst
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 History
 =======
 
-Latest
+0.15.6
 ------
 - BUG: Raise OverflowError when nodata data type conversion is unsafe (pull #782)
 - BUG: Support writing GCPs to netCDF (issue #778)
 - BUG: Fix reading dask chunks when band_as_variable=True (issue #761)
+- REF:merge: Use merge path & rio.to_raster (pull #781)
 
 0.15.5
 ------
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d651f2f7..d7b938b1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
 
 [project]
 name = "rioxarray"
-version = "0.15.6.dev0"
+version = "0.15.6"
 description = "geospatial xarray extension powered by rasterio"
 maintainers = [
     {name = "rioxarray Contributors"},