diff --git a/libgpiod.spec b/libgpiod.spec
index b3b20f1..b483b1c 100644
--- a/libgpiod.spec
+++ b/libgpiod.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #global candidate rc2
 
 Name:          libgpiod
-Version:       1.5.3
+Version:       1.6
 Release:       1%{?candidate:.%{candidate}}%{?dist}
 Summary:       C library and tools for interacting with linux GPIO char device
 
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ find %{buildroot} -name '*.la' -delete
 %{_libdir}/%{name}*.so
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 01 2020 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@fedoraproject.org> - 1.6-1
+- Update to 1.6
+
 * Sat Sep 26 2020 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@fedoraproject.org> - 1.5.3-1
 - Update to 1.5.3
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e51046b..9f021f0 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (libgpiod-1.5.3.tar.xz) = 49f29d6d8aec9619049206372ada28de95563543b7d04af2ca3e6aed6b430c6a017c84d5f287e6f9c355d08f8ca05ff8160343c36bf778b700d29095db36bf00
+SHA512 (libgpiod-1.6.tar.xz) = f5733228aca3a337c16f8101d3f6354c82f63e0ba4dd742490cd113c1b664d007982d2834543f00ce5b219876252738067dede8019481f4cf642abf39a7b2c3f