diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3ab99217..70ae5d5c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+Version 1.6:
+	Prevented gcc 10 from miscompiling libdeflate (workaround for
+	https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=94994).
+
+	Removed workaround for gcc 5 and earlier producing slow code on
+	ARM32.  If this affects you, please upgrade your compiler.
+
+	New API function: libdeflate_zlib_decompress_ex().  It provides
+	the actual size of the stream that was decompressed, like the
+	gzip and DEFLATE equivalents.
+
+	libdeflate_zlib_decompress() now accepts trailing bytes after
+	the end of the stream, like the gzip and DEFLATE equivalents.
+
+	Added support for custom memory allocators.
+	(New API function: libdeflate_set_memory_allocator())
+
+	Added support for building the library in freestanding mode.
+
+	Building libdeflate no longer requires CPPFLAGS=-Icommon.
+
 Version 1.5:
 	Fixed up stdcall support on 32-bit Windows: the functions are
 	now exported using both suffixed and non-suffixed names, and
diff --git a/libdeflate.h b/libdeflate.h
index 94ddeff2..4e124e7e 100644
--- a/libdeflate.h
+++ b/libdeflate.h
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 #define LIBDEFLATE_VERSION_MAJOR	1
-#define LIBDEFLATE_VERSION_MINOR	5
-#define LIBDEFLATE_VERSION_STRING	"1.5"
+#define LIBDEFLATE_VERSION_MINOR	6
+#define LIBDEFLATE_VERSION_STRING	"1.6"
 
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>