diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: fs
 Title: Cross-Platform File System Operations Based on 'libuv'
-Version: 1.5.2.9000
+Version: 1.6.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Jim", "Hester", role = "aut"),
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", , "hadley@rstudio.com", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
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-# fs (development version)
+# fs 1.6.0
 
 * inputs to `path_real()` and `path_join()` are coerced to character for consistency with other functions (@raymondben, #370)