diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a894a4fd..a6056685 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+1.6.0
+=====
+
+### Features
+- Hooks now may have a `verbose` option to produce output even without failure
+    - #689 issue by @bagerard.
+    - #695 PR by @bagerard.
+- Installed hook no longer requires `bash`
+    - #699 PR by @asottile.
+
+### Fixes
+- legacy pre-push / commit-msg hooks are now invoked as if `git` called them
+    - #693 issue by @samskiter.
+    - #694 PR by @asottile.
+    - #699 PR by @asottile.
+
 1.5.1
 =====
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2210f896..1637386c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ setup(
         'hooks.'
     ),
     url='https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit',
-    version='1.5.1',
+    version='1.6.0',
 
     author='Anthony Sottile',
     author_email='asottile@umich.edu',