diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eccb5882..dd16660a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.6.0]
+
+### Changed
+
+- Rename changelog branches to release-changelog/${version} ([#217](https://github.com/MetaMask/github-tools/pull/217))
+
 ## [1.5.0]
 
 ### Added
@@ -119,7 +125,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   - Some inputs were renamed for consistency across actions.
 - Bump `actions/checkout` and `actions/setup-node` to `v6` ([#173](https://github.com/MetaMask/github-tools/pull/173))
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/MetaMask/github-tools/compare/v1.5.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/MetaMask/github-tools/compare/v1.6.0...HEAD
+[1.6.0]: https://github.com/MetaMask/github-tools/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0
 [1.5.0]: https://github.com/MetaMask/github-tools/compare/v1.4.4...v1.5.0
 [1.4.4]: https://github.com/MetaMask/github-tools/compare/v1.4.3...v1.4.4
 [1.4.3]: https://github.com/MetaMask/github-tools/compare/v1.4.2...v1.4.3
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index abc5531e..d7527130 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@metamask/github-tools",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.6.0",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Tools for interacting with the GitHub API to do metrics gathering",
   "repository": {