diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 4ca4c0cf..515b6860 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -2,12 +2,29 @@
  Change history
 ================
 
+.. _version-1.1.6:
+
+1.1.6
+=====
+:release-date: 2011-06-13 04:00 P.M BST
+
+* Redis: Fixes issue introduced in 1.1.4, where a redis connection
+  failure could leave consumer hanging forever.
+
 .. _version-1.1.5:
 
+1.1.5
+=====
+:release-date: 2011-06-07 06:00 P.M BST
+
 * Fixes compatibility with redis-py 2.4.4.
 
 .. _version-1.1.4:
 
+1.1.4
+=====
+:release-date: 2011-06-07 04:00 P.M BST
+
 * Redis transport: Now requires redis-py version 2.4.4 or later.
 
 * New Amazon SQS transport added.
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index b548370d..949cd643 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  kombu - AMQP Messaging Framework for Python
 #############################################
 
-:Version: 1.1.5
+:Version: 1.1.6
 
 Synopsis
 ========
diff --git a/kombu/__init__.py b/kombu/__init__.py
index 4b5a3b5f..9299aa2d 100644
--- a/kombu/__init__.py
+++ b/kombu/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """AMQP Messaging Framework for Python"""
-VERSION = (1, 1, 5)
+VERSION = (1, 1, 6)
 __version__ = ".".join(map(str, VERSION[0:3])) + "".join(VERSION[3:])
 __author__ = "Ask Solem"
 __contact__ = "ask@celeryproject.org"