diff --git a/include/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h b/include/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h
index 47e375702..ad42816c7 100644
--- a/include/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h
+++ b/include/flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 #endif // !defined(FLATBUFFERS_LITTLEENDIAN)
 
 #define FLATBUFFERS_VERSION_MAJOR 1
-#define FLATBUFFERS_VERSION_MINOR 5
+#define FLATBUFFERS_VERSION_MINOR 6
 #define FLATBUFFERS_VERSION_REVISION 0
 #define FLATBUFFERS_STRING_EXPAND(X) #X
 #define FLATBUFFERS_STRING(X) FLATBUFFERS_STRING_EXPAND(X)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7cf1e7511..070d907e1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "flatbuffers",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.6.0",
   "description": "Memory Efficient Serialization Library",
   "files": ["js/flatbuffers.js"],
   "main": "js/flatbuffers.js",
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d1d050d97..a4f74bf0c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.flatbuffers</groupId>
   <artifactId>flatbuffers-java</artifactId>
-  <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>bundle</packaging>
   <name>FlatBuffers Java API</name>
   <description>
diff --git a/src/flatc.cpp b/src/flatc.cpp
index ed13c2ad5..dc56d53dd 100644
--- a/src/flatc.cpp
+++ b/src/flatc.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 #include "flatbuffers/flatc.h"
 
-#define FLATC_VERSION "1.5.0 (" __DATE__ ")"
+#define FLATC_VERSION "1.6.0 (" __DATE__ ")"
 
 namespace flatbuffers {