diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@
   </summary>
 </details>
 
+## 1.6.0 (April 19, 2018)
+Markdown toolbar customization, manual date widget entry, bug fixes.
+
+### Improvements
+* Allow markdown editor toolbar customization ([@Dammmien](https://github.com/Dammmien) in [#1236](https://github.com/netlify/netlify-cms/pull/1236))
+* Allow login screen to be skipped for test repo backend ([@erquhart](https://github.com/erquhart) in [#1291](https://github.com/netlify/netlify-cms/pull/1291))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+* Fix button/icon alignment on Safari 10 ([@maciejmatu](https://github.com/maciejmatu) in [#1227](https://github.com/netlify/netlify-cms/pull/1227))
+* Allow typing in date widget ([@Dammmien](https://github.com/Dammmien) in [#1247](https://github.com/netlify/netlify-cms/pull/1247))
+
 ## 1.5.0 (April 11, 2018) ([demo](https://5ace16a5dd28ef456e22acad--cms-demo.netlify.com/))
 New time based slug placeholders, set config.yml URL with <link>.
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "netlify-cms",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.6.0",
   "description": "Netlify CMS lets content editors work on structured content stored in git",
   "main": "dist/cms.js",
   "scripts": {