2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4c47452..e81d3d0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 NAME = drakx-net
-VERSION = 1.5
+VERSION = 1.6
 
 DESTDIR=
 libdir=/usr/lib
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1738bc1..ba2afae 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+1.6:
 - ensure /etc/hostname has a newline as per upstream specs (#4672)
 
 1.5: