diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 583efae41..086b602ab 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-07-10
+
+  Released 1.6
+  Improvements for GAE support
+
 2015-07-10
 
   Released 1.5
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d113f9935..5f6006335 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def read(*paths):
 
 setup(
     name='python-telegram-bot',
-    version='1.5',
+    version='1.6',
     author='Leandro Toledo',
     author_email='leandrotoledodesouza@gmail.com',
     license='GPLv2',